14 research outputs found
Experts on public trial: on democratizing expertise through a Danish consensus conference
Democratic Participation: A Critical Element of Precautionary Public Health Decision-Making
The responsibility to protect doctrine – Coherent after all: A reply to Friberg-Fernros and Brommesson
A New Approach to Humanitarian Intervention? Tony Blair's ‘Doctrine of the International Community’
Evaluating the First U.S. Consensus Conference: The Impact of the Citizens’ Panel on Telecommunications and the Future of Democracy
Humanitarian intervention - what's in a name?
Why has the term humanitarian intervention experienced such a meteoric rise into the core of academic as well as public political discourse? An investigation of classical theory shows that the use of force to help citizens of other states has been regularly contemplated and practiced in the past. The concept of humanitarian intervention therefore does not describe new policies; instead it serves to hide the political nature of these policies today and functions as a ‘doctrinal advance guard’ for a new international order. It is the political conjuncture that requires a new name for old policies and its radical political content that explains the timing, speed and impact of this ter