Sage Publications Humanitarian Intervention

The debates surrounding humanitarian intervention and the responsibility to protect concern a series of central and interrelated issues in International Relations, international law, and political philosophy. These include the relationship between state sovereignty and human rights, the reasons for state behaviour, the role and adequacy of the United Nations, and whether states have a moral and legal obligation to protect those beyond their borders. This major work provides a detailed and systematic understanding of these political, legal, and ethical debates surrounding humanitarian intervention and responsibility to protect as they have evolved since the 1990s. Divided thematically, Volume I considers more closely the politics of humanitarian intervention, Volume II focuses on the international law on humanitarian intervention, Volume III considers the ethical issues, and Volume IV focuses explicitly on the responsibility to protect doctrine. This Major Work is designed to be a key reference for those interested in humanitarian intervention and the responsibility to protect from a wide range of fields, including International Relations, political science, international law, and political philosophy. Volume One: The Politics of Humanitarian Intervention Volume Two: The International law on Humanitarian Intervention Volume Three: The Ethical Issues Surrounding Humanitarian Intervention Volume Four: The Responsibility to Protect and Humanitarian Intervention About the Author Dr James Pattison is a Senior Lecturer in politics at the University of Manchester. His research interests include humanitarian intervention, the responsibility to protect, the ethics of war, and the increased use of private military and security companies. His book, Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect: Who Should Intervene? (2010, Oxford University Press) was awarded a Notable Book Award in 2011 by the International Studies Association (International Ethics Section) and has recently been published in paperback, with a new preface on the intervention in Libya. He has published various articles on the humanitarian intervention, the responsibility to protect, and the ethics of force, including for Ethics & International Affairs, International Theory, the International Journal of Human Rights, the Journal of Military Ethics, and the Journal of Political Philosophy. He is also currently working on a second monograph on the ethical issues surrounding the use of private military and security companies, The Morality of Private War: The Challenge of Private Military and Security Companies with Oxford University Press.