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Format: Online-Ressource (xiv, 324 p)

Edition: Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

ISBN: 0511211953 , 0521546710 , 0521837669

Series Statement: Cambridge studies in international relations 96

Content: Politics and law appear deeply entwined in contemporary international politics. This volume advances a new perspective on the politics of international law, illustrated through case-studies of the use of force, climate change, landmines, migrant rights, the International Criminal Court, the Kosovo bombing campaign, international financial institutions, and global governance

Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-315) and index , Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The politics of international law; 3 When states use armed force; 4 Soft law, hard politics, and the Climate Change Treaty; 5 Emerging customary norms and anti-personnel landmines; 6 International law, politics, and migrant rights; 7 The International Criminal Court; 8 The Kosovo bombing campaign; 9 International financial institutions; 10 Law, politics, and international governance; 11 Society, power, and ethics; Bibliography; Index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780521837668

Additional Edition: Print version The Politics of International Law

Language: English

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Format: Online-Ressource (304 p)

Edition: Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

ISBN: 9781107021358

Content: This is the first study of how major global problems have been managed through the international distribution of special responsibilities

Note: Description based upon print version of record , Cover; Special Responsibilities; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Equality and differentiation; The United States, special responsibilities and IR theory; The main theoretical claims; The cases; Organisation; Part I Theoretical framework; 1 A practice in search of a theory; The historical practice of special responsibilities; Theories of special responsibilities; Towards a praxis of special responsibilities; 2 Special responsibilities in world politics; Responsibility; Responsibility and the constitution of society; Can states have responsibilities? , Responsibility under anarchyDistribution of power; Social domains and the distribution of responsibilities; Conclusion; Part II Three global problems; 3 Nuclear proliferation; The evolution of special responsibilities; Contestation from below; Contestation from above; The search for a new equilibrium; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; 4 Climate change; The allocation of special responsibilities; Does the US possess 'extra special responsibilities'?; The evolution and contestation of special responsibilities; The political dynamics of the negotiating blocs , The US response to special responsibilitiesThe Obama administration: a new era?; The US's role in reshaping special responsibilities; Conclusion; Postscript; 5 Global finance; Special responsibilities in the Bretton Woods agreements; Reallocation of responsibility in the breakdown of Bretton Woods; Horizontal and vertical diffusion of responsibility in the post-Bretton Woods era; Conclusion; Acknowledgement; Part III Ethical dimensions; 6 The ethics of special responsibilities; Assigning special responsibilities; Nuclear proliferation; Climate change; Global finance; US exceptionalism , ConclusionConclusion; Bibliography; Index , Cover; Special Responsibilities; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Equality and differentiation; The United States, special responsibilities and IR theory; The main theoretical claims; The cases; Organisation; Part I Theoretical framework; 1 A practice in search of a theory; The historical practice of special responsibilities; Theories of special responsibilities; Towards a praxis of special responsibilities; 2 Special responsibilities in world politics; Responsibility; Responsibility and the constitution of society; Can states have responsibilities? , Responsibility under anarchyDistribution of power; Social domains and the distribution of responsibilities; Conclusion; Part II Three global problems; 3 Nuclear proliferation; The evolution of special responsibilities; Contestation from below; Contestation from above; The search for a new equilibrium; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; 4 Climate change; The allocation of special responsibilities; Does the US possess 'extra special responsibilities'?; The evolution and contestation of special responsibilities; The political dynamics of the negotiating blocs , The US response to special responsibilitiesThe Obama administration: a new era?; The US's role in reshaping special responsibilities; Conclusion; Postscript; 5 Global finance; Special responsibilities in the Bretton Woods agreements; Reallocation of responsibility in the breakdown of Bretton Woods; Horizontal and vertical diffusion of responsibility in the post-Bretton Woods era; Conclusion; Acknowledgement; Part III Ethical dimensions; 6 The ethics of special responsibilities; Assigning special responsibilities; Nuclear proliferation; Climate change; Global finance; US exceptionalism , ConclusionConclusion; Bibliography; Index; , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781139422079

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781107021358

Additional Edition: Print version Special Responsibilities : Global Problems and American Power

Language: English

Subjects: Political Science

Keywords: Electronic books

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