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Power and Responsibility in World Affairs Reformation versus Transformation
Cathal J. Nolan, ed.
ISBN: 0-275-96669-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96669-0
264 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 6/30/2004
List Price: $87.95 (UK Sterling Price: £60.95)
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Media Type: Hardcover
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Description: This volume presents the idea that great power carries with it great moral obligation to reform the international system. It is centrally concerned with the nature and operation of international moral norms. It shows that great secular power correlates to an increased moral responsibility for the just conduct of the world. This work also emphasizes the often overlooked fact that important normative constraints on power exist already, so that even Great powers must act with a degree of restraint and prudence.

Highlights a timely debate about the goals and ambitions of liberal Great Powers, no longer constrained from intervention by the balance of terror of the Cold War. Features cross-cultural issues, essays, and contributors from Europe, North America, and Asia. Arguments are concerned with pragmatic international ethics, not theory, and are written in a clear and concise manner.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
    Part I: The Framework of International Relations
    The Evolution of Great Power Rights and Responsibilities by Cathal J. Nolan
    At the Frontiers of International Law by David Fromkin
    Sovereignty as a Doctrine of Moderation by Robert Jackson
    Part II: Responsible Exercise of Power
    Waging the War of Words: The Promotion of American Interests and Ideals Abroad During the Cold War by William R. Keylor
    Gauging China's Capabilities and Intentions Under Deng and Mao by Sijin Cheng
    The Failure of Europe: Power and Irresponsibility by Carl C. Hodge
    Part III: Obligations of Power
    Power and Responsibility in International Criminal Law by Dorothy Jones
    Multilateralism and the U.S. National Interest by Stewart Patrick
    Self-Defense, Security and Responsibility: India and the Right to Possess Nuclear Weapons by William Bain
About the Author: CATHAL J. NOLAN is Associate Professor of History and Executive Director of the International History Institute at Boston University. His numberous books include the award-winning, four-volume Greenwood Encyclopedia of International Relations (Greenwood, 2002), Power and Responsibility in World Affairs (Praeger, 2004), Ethics and Statecraft (Praeger, 2004), Principled Diplomacy: Security and Rights in U.S. Foreign Policy (Greenwood, 1993), Shepherd of Democracy? America and Germany in the 20th Century (Greenwood, 1992), and the award-winning Notable U.S. Ambassadors Since 1775 (Greenwood, 1997). He also edits the Praeger series Humanistic Perspectives on International Relations, and co-edits the Praeger series International History.
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