Between Anarchy and Society

Trusteeship and the Obligations of Power
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-926026-3
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 226 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 508 g

The international administration of troubled states - whether in Bosnia, Kosovo, or East Timor - has seen a return to the principle of trusteeship; that is when some form of international supervision is required in a particular territory in order both to maintain order and to foster the norms and practices of fair self-government. This innovative study rescues the normative discourse of trusteeship from the obscurity into which it has fallen since decolonization. It traces the development of trusteeship from its emergence out of debates concerning the misrule of the East India Company; its internationalization in imperial Africa; its institutionalization in the League of Nations mandates system, and, then, in the United Nations trusteeship system; and the destruction of its legitimacy by the ideas of self-determination and human equality.

No other book brings this rich historical experience to bear on the dilemmas posed by the resurrection of trusteeship after the end of the Cold War. It is with a view to contemporary world problems that this book explores the obligations that attach to preponderant power and the limits that should be observed in exercising that power for the sake of global good. The book concludes by arguing that trusteeship remains fundamentally at odds with the ideas of human dignity and equality.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bain, William

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Introduction

- 2: The Obligations of Power

- 3: The Internationalization of Trusteeship

- 4: Trusteeship as an Institution of International Society

- 5: The Destruction of the Legitimacy of Trusteeship

- 6: The New Paternalism

- 7: Trusteeship, International Society, and the Limit of Obligation

- Bibliography

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

(Lecturer in International Politics, University of Glasgow)