SOVEREIGNTY by James Turner Johnson ( 9781626161054 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

Item Details

Title:

SOVEREIGNTY
MORAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES

By:

James Turner Johnson

Format:

Hardback

List price:

£144.00

Our price:

£129.60

Discount:

10% off

You save:

£14.40

ISBN 10:

1626161054

ISBN 13:

9781626161054

Availability:

Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.

Delivery rates

Stock:

Currently 0 available

Publisher:

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

3 February, 2014

Series:

Sovereignty

Pages:

192

Description:

Sovereignty generally refers to a particular national territory, the inviolability of the nation's borders, and the right of that nation to protect its borders and ensure internal stability. This book explores the historical idea of sovereignty as moral responsibility of government for the common good and its implications for contemporary issues.

Synopsis:

Sovereignty generally refers to a particular national territory, the inviolability of the nation's borders, and the right of that nation to protect its borders and ensure internal stability. From the Middle Ages until well into the Modern Period, however, another concept of sovereignty held sway: responsibility for the common good. James Turner Johnson argues that these two conceptions -- sovereignty as self-defense and sovereignty as acting on behalf of the common good -- are in conflict and suggests that international bodies must acknowledge this tension. Johnson explores this earlier concept of sovereignty as moral responsibility in its historical development and expands the concept to the current idea of the Responsibility to Protect. He explores the use of military force in contemporary conflicts, includes a review of radical Islam, and provides a corrective to the idea of sovereignty as territorial integrity in the context of questions regarding humanitarian intervention. Johnson's new synthesis of sovereignty deepens the possibilities for cross-cultural dialogue on the goods of politics and the use of military force.

US Grade:

College Graduate Student and over

Publication:

Imprint:

Georgetown University Press

Returns:

Returnable

Some other items by this author:

BEYOND CONFRONTATION (PB)

CAN MODERN WAR BE JUST? (PB)

CROSS, CRESCENT, AND SWORD (HB)

ETHICS AND THE USE OF FORCE