The Purpose of Intervention: Changing Beliefs about the Use of Force

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The Purpose of Intervention: Changing Beliefs about the Use of Force is a scholarly book that examines how evolving international norms and ideas reshape states’ justifications and practices of military intervention.

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instanceOf book
scholarly book
academicDiscipline international relations theory
political science
argument changing international norms reshape how states define their interests in using force
material power alone cannot explain patterns of military intervention
states’ justifications for intervention evolve with international ideas about appropriate use of force
author Martha Finnemore NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
fieldOfStudy international law
international relations
security studies
focusesOn changing justifications for the use of force
evolution of international norms
legitimation of military intervention
relationship between norms and state interests
genre international relations literature
political science literature
hasISBN 9780801488159
hasPart case study of Cold War interventions
case study of nineteenth-century interventions
case study of post–Cold War humanitarian interventions
influencedBy constructivist international relations theory
language English
mainSubject humanitarian intervention
international norms
legitimacy of intervention
military intervention
state behavior
use of force in international politics
mediaType hardcover
paperback
print
notableFor linking changing norms to patterns of military intervention
providing a constructivist account of the use of force
placeOfPublication Ithaca, New York NERFINISHED
publicationYear 2003
publisher Cornell University Press NERFINISHED
targetAudience policy analysts concerned with intervention
scholars of international relations
students of security studies
theoreticalApproach constructivism
usesMethod historical case study analysis
qualitative analysis

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