Argument and Change in World Politics by Neta Crawford

Argument and Change in World Politics by Neta Crawford

Arguments have consequences in world politics that are as real as the military forces of states or the balance of power among them. Neta Crawford proposes a theory of argument in world politics which focuses on the role of ethical arguments in fostering changes in long-standing practices. She examines five hundred years of history, analyzing the role of ethical arguments in colonialism, the abolition of slavery and forced labour, and decolonization. Pointing out that decolonization is the biggest change in world politics in the last five hundred years, the author examines ethical arguments from the sixteenth century justifying Spanish conquest of the Americas, and from the twentieth century over the fate of Southern Africa. The book also offers a prescriptive analysis of how ethical arguments could be deployed to deal with the problem of humanitarian intervention. Co-winner of the APSA Jervis-Schroeder Prize for the best book on international history and politics.

'… exceptionally rich, an impressive synthesis of numerous theoretical approaches and a compelling historical narrative' International Affairs

Neta Crawford is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is the co-editor (with Audie Klotz) of How Sanctions Work: Lessons from South Africa (1999), and author of Soviet Military Aircraft (1987), and a number of articles in leading journals.

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Title	Argument and Change in World Politics
Author	Neta Crawford
Series	Cambridge Studies In International Relations
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2002-07-25
Number of pages	490
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