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020 _a9780521179843 (paperback)
020 _a052117984X (paperback)
020 _a9781107004436 (hardback)
020 _a1107004438 (hardback)
082 _a172.4
_bLIN/P
100 1 _aLinklater, Andrew.
245 1 4 _aThe problem of harm in world politics :
260 _aCambridge ;
_aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_cc2011.
300 _axiii, 306 p. ;
520 _a"The need to control violent and non-violent harm has been central to human existence since societies first emerged. This book analyses the problem of harm in world politics which stems from the fact that societies require the power to harm in order to defend themselves from internal and external threats, but must also control the capacity to harm so that people cannot kill, injure, humiliate or exploit others as they please. Andrew Linklater analyses writings in moral and legal philosophy that define and classify forms of harm, and discusses the ways in which different theories of international relations suggest the power to harm can be controlled so that societies can co-exist with the minimum of violent and non-violent harm. Linklater argues for new connections between the English School study of international society and Norbert Elias's analysis of civilizing process in order to advance the study of harm in world politics"--
650 0 _aInternational relations
650 0 _aHarm reduction
650 7 _aPolitical Science / International Relations / General.
942 _cBK
999 _c33815
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