Anti-Genocide Activists and the Responsibility to Protect

ISBN-13: 9780367248031 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 228 str.

Annette Jansen

Opis

Anti-genocide Activists and the Responsibility to Protect is the first book to study what motivates anti-genocide activists to call for the use of violence to end violence, using two groups in particular: East Timor solidarity activists and Responsibility to Protect (R2P)-advocates.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 
2. A History of Two Movements  
3. Preserving the Life of the Group  
4. Horror at Mass Atrocities 
5. Advocating Moral Truths  
6. Legitimising Interventions  
Conclusion: The Sacralisation of Humanity

O autorze

Annette Jansen has a professional background in humanitarian policy making and obtained a PhD in social cultural anthropology at Amsterdam VU University, Netherlands. She currently works as an independent researcher and policy adviser on themes related to conflict, peace building, religion and gender.