Introduction
The core concern of this book is how have, can, and should mass atrocities be addressed? It is thus historical, analytical, and normative. It is historical because it examines how the international community responded to four cases of mass atrocities, although three of these situations are, in one w...
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| Published in | International Responses to Mass Atrocities in Africa p. 1 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc
18.08.2015
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| Summary: | The core concern of this book is how have, can, and should mass atrocities be addressed? It is thus historical, analytical, and normative. It is historical because it examines how the international community responded to four cases of mass atrocities, although three of these situations are, in one way or another, still ongoing. It is analytical in that it provides a typology of the different types of responses and how these responses interact. It is normative because it begins with the underlying assumption that the international community should “do something” about mass atrocity situations, and that the “somethings”—military intervention |
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| ISBN: | 9780812247374 081224737X |