Argument and Change in World Politics: Ethics, Decolonization, and Humanitarian Intervention

by Neta C. Crawford

Book Overview

Arguments have consequences in world politics that are as real as the military forces of states or the balance of power among them. Neta Crawford proposes a theory of argument in world politics which focuses on the role of ethical arguments in fostering changes in long-standing practices. She examines five hundred years of history, analyzing the role of ethical arguments in colonialism, the abolition of slavery and forced labour, and decolonization...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521002796
• ISBN13: 9780521002790
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 490 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.2"