Responsibility to Protect: Cultural Perspectives in the Global South

ISBN-13: 9780415781848 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 288 str.

Rama Mani; Thomas G. Weiss

Opis

This volume explores in a novel and challenging way the emerging norm of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), initially adopted by the United Nations World Summit in 2005 following significant debate throughout the preceding decade.

Spis treści

Introduction: Reframing Responsibility—Revisiting Politics and Place Rama Mani and Thomas G. Weiss  Part 1: Reflections in Practices, Cultures and Traditions  1. Religion and Spirituality: "It Takes a Village to Protect a Child," Spirituality and R2P Mutombo Nkulu-NSengha  2. Philosophy and Ethics: Ethical Concepts, Values, and Strategies Relevant to R2P Yolanda Angulo Parra  3. Aesthetics and Arts: Artistic and Literary Creation in the Embers of Genocide Koulsy Lamko and Rama Mani  Part 2: Country Cases  4. Rwanda: A Cultural Struggle to Bury the Demons of Genocide Paul Rutyasire and Jean-Marie Kayishema  5. Kosovo: Un/welcomed Guests, NATO Intervention in Kosova Nita Luci  6. Nepal: Atrocities Prevented? R2P, Culture, and Civic Resilience Arjun Karki, Jyoti Upadhyay, and Prerna Bomzan.  Conclusion: Listening, Learning, and Reshaping R2P from the Inside Out Rama Mani and Thomas G. Weiss

O autorze

Rama Maniis the former Executive Director of The International Centre for Ethnic Studies in Colombo. She is currentlya Senior Research Associate of the Centre for International Studies at the University of Oxford and a councilor of the World Future Council, Hamburg. Thomas G. Weiss is Presidential Professor of Political Science at The CUNY Graduate Center and Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies.