Political Theory, International Relations, and the Ethics of Intervention

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction: Intervention and State Sovereignty in the International System

   1. Introduction: Intervention and State Sovereignty in the International System

      • Ian Forbes, Mark Hoffman

      Pages 1-10

3. Definitions and Dilemmas

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11

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   2. Recent Literature on Intervention and Non-Intervention

      • Richard Little

      Pages 13-31

   3. Intervention and the Limits of International Law

      • Anthony Carty

      Pages 32-42

   4. Intervention, Non-Intervention and the Construction of the State

      • Cornelia Navari

      Pages 43-60

   5. Intervention and Moral Dilemmas

      • Peter Johnson

      Pages 61-72

4. Theoretical Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73

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   2. International Anarchy, Realism and Non-Intervention

      • Leo McCarthy

      Pages 75-90

   3. The Pragmatic Case Against Intervention

      • Caroline Thomas

      Pages 91-103

   4. The Justifications for Intervention: Needs before Contexts

      • Raymond Plant

      Pages 104-112

   5. Intervention and Virtue

      • Barrie Paskins

      Pages 113-121

   6. Beyond Non-Intervention

      • R. J. Vincent, Peter Wilson

      Pages 122-130

5. Hard Cases

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131

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   2. Confronting Moral Dilemmas in an Amoral World: The Non-State of Lebanon and Israeli Interventionism

      • Ali Sadeghi

      Pages 133-144

   3. Vietnam’s Intervention in Kampuchea: The Rights of State v. the Rights of People

      • Michael Leifer

      Pages 145-156

   4. Legitimate Intervention and Illegitimate States: Sanctions Against South Africa

      • John Hoffman

      Pages 157-166

   5. Non-Intervention, Self-Determination and the New World Order

      • James Mayall

      Pages 167-176

6. Theoretical Departures

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177

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   2. Contextuality, Interdependence and the Ethics of Intervention

      • N. J. Rengger

      Pages 179-193

This volume is about the discourse and practice of intervention and non-intervention in international relations. The product of a dialogue between theorists of politics and international relations, it argues that intervention is endemic in world politics but that we need to move beyond traditional accounts of such practices. In moving towards a more encompassing approach, it explores traditional and post-modern perspectives on our understanding of sovereignty, the state and the state system; conceptions of power, identity and agency; and universal, particularist and contingent justifications for intervention and non-intervention.

• interdependence
• international relations
• intervention
• Israel
• political theory
• politics
• realism
• sovereignty
• world order

• Department of Politics, University of Southampton, UK

  Ian Forbes

• London School of Economics, UK

  Mark Hoffman

Policies and ethics