The Routledge Handbook Of The Responsibility To Protect (routledge Handbooks)

This Handbook offers a comprehensive examination of the Responsibility to Protect norm in world politics, which aims to end mass atrocities against civilians. The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) is amongst the most significant norms in global politics. As the authoritative guide to R2P, this edited volume gathers together the most respected and insightful voices to address key issues related to this emerging norm. The contributing authors do this over the course of three parts: Part I: The Concept of R2P Part II: Developing and Operationalising R2P Part III: The view from Over Here This book will be of much interest to students of R2P, humanitarian intervention, genocide, human rights, international law, peace studies, international organisations, security studies and IR. Cover Title Copyright CONTENTS List of tables List of contributors Acknowledgements Introduction PART I The concept of R2P 1 From sovereign responsibility to R2P 2 The Responsibility to Prevent: toward a strategy 3 The Responsibility to React 4 The Responsibility to Rebuild 5 The challenges facing R2P implementation 6 What is right with R2P? PART II Developing and operationalising R2P 7 Operationalising protective intervention: alternative models of authorisation 8 Who should act? Collective responsibility and the Responsibility to Protect 9 Mobilising the troops: generating the political will to act 10 Leadership and the Responsibility to Protect 11 R2P and natural disasters 12 The Responsibility to Protect and child soldiers 13 Securing consistency for consistent security: gender and the Responsibility to Protect 14 Making R2P work: now and in the future PART III The view from over here 15 Paper tiger or platform for action? South Asia and the Responsibility to Protect 16 The economic community of West African States and the Responsibility to Protect 17 Evaluating the implementation of the Responsibility to Protect in East Africa 18 Southeast Asia: between non-interference and sovereignty as responsibility 19 R2P in the Middle East and North Africa 20 Concluding thoughts Index "This Handbook offers a comprehensive examination of the Responsibility to Protect norm in world politics, which aims to end mass atrocities against civilians. The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) is amongst the most significant norms in global politics. As the authoritative guide to R2P, this edited volume gathers together the most respected and insightful voices to address key issues related to this emerging norms"--Provided by publisher