This book develops a systematic understanding of the conceptual, ethical, political and theoretical dimensions of intervention in an empirical/historical context. More specifically, the book aims to provide advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students with a systematic and critical understanding of `intervention/non-intervention' through examination of the doctrine's conceptual, theoretical and normative underpinnings; the theory and practice of intervention in different historical periods; and the notion of `intervention' as a (problematic) mode of governance that raises important theoretical as well as practical issues given contemporary conditions of globalisation.
The book will focus primarily on the theory and practice of intervention as pertaining to the nexus between democracy/democracies and international society, but will extend beyond this core focus as appropriate.
1. Introduction A. Concepts and Debates 2. The Conceptual Bases of Intervention & Non-Intervention in International Society 3. The Ethics of Intervention 4. Intervention as Governance B. Continuity and Change in the History of Democratic State Intervention 5. Intervention between the Powers: Revolution and Post-War Reconstruction 6. The Imperial Age: Competition, Capital and Conscience in the Expansion of the European system 7. The Cold War: The Defence of Interests in the Age of Nationalism and Ideological Contest 8. The 1990s: The Humanitarianism Moment 9. The 2000s: Terror and Regime Change C. Intervention and Governance in the Global Political System 10. Humanitarianism and Human Rights: The Use of Force Reviewed 11. Terror: The Use of Force Reviewed 12. Conclusions