The Morality of Peacekeeping

Daniel H. Levine

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2013

The Morality of Peacekeeping

Daniel H. Levine

In the series Studies in Global Justice and Human Rights

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748675906

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About this book

What is the peacekeeper's role in the 21st Century?

Peacekeeping, peace enforcement and ‘stability operations’ ask soldiers to use violence to create peace, defeat armed threats while having no enemies and uphold human rights without taking sides. The challenges that face peacekeepers cannot be easily reduced to traditional just war principles.

Daniel H. Levine uses insights from care ethics as well as extensive interviews with peacekeepers to develop the idea that peacekeepers have no enemies and should be seeking to bring even abusive actors into a Kantian ‘kingdom of ends’. He argues that, while it contains elements of all three, peacekeeping is morally distinct from war, policing and governance. And he asserts that the traditional ‘holy trinity’ of peacekeeping principles – consent, impartiality, and minimum use of force – still provide the best guide to its morality.

Key Features

Cases discussed include Darfur, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti and Liberia
Focuses on protection and reconciliation rather than victory
Excerpts from interviews with peacekeepers in the field, predominantly from Africa and India

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Part I General Considerations
1 Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 A Normative Framework for Peacekeeping Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
Part II The Holy Trinity
3 Consent Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
4 Impartiality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
5 Minimum Use of Force (A): Resort to Force Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
6 Minimum Use of Force (B): Peacekeeper Violence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Part III Protecting Civilians
7 Protection and Vulnerability Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
8 Protection of Civilians from Non-enemies: A Case Study of MONUC Support to Kimia II in the DRC Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	258
9 Protecting with Civilians Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
10 Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323
Part IV Appendices
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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 376
Keywords: Politics

eBook

Published: December 11, 2013
ISBN: 9780748675906