International Norms and the Resort to War

ISBN-13: 9783030540111 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 208 str.

Gregory Raymond

Spis treści

Ch 1: Introduction

Part I: Conceptual Foundations

Ch 2: International Norms

Ch 3: Norms and Normative Orders

Part II: Historical Setting

Ch 4: Normative Constraints on the Recourse of War

Ch 5: Necessity as a Defense for Breaching the Norms of War

Part III: Empirical Patterns

Ch 6: Comparing International Normative Orders

Ch 7: Restrictive Normative Order and the Onset of War

Ch 8: The Efficacy of Restrictive Normative Orders

Part IV: Political Projections

Ch 9: The Durability of Restrictive Normative Orders

Ch 10: Conclusion

O autorze

Gregory A. Raymond is Distinguished Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Boise State University, USA.

Blurb

This book constitutes an extremely valuable contribution to the field. It significantly adds to the body of literature concerning the motivating factors underpinning the decisions by policy makers to resort to or refrain from the use of armed force.

- Howard M. Hensel, Professor, Air War College, USA. 

This book offers a fresh perspective on timeless questions concerning anarchy and order, power and principle, and public and private morality, by taking a novel approach to the study of the onset of war. Rather than looking at the distribution of wealth, military might, or other material capabilities to explain the onset of war, this book focuses instead on how international norms affect the use of military force. Critical of the realist assumption that international legal norms are unable to curb hostilities without a powerful central authority to enforce their injunctions, it contends that the normative context within which national leaders act sets the tone for world politics by communicating commonly accepted understandings about the limits of permissible action. Using quantitative analyses of the relationships between war initiation norms and various types of armed conflict, the author calls into question realist beliefs regarding international norms, demonstrating that restrictive normative orders reduce the likelihood of war.

Gregory A. Raymond is Distinguished Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Boise State University, USA.