{"product_id":"the-purpose-of-intervention-changing-beliefs-about-the-use-of-force-paperback","title":"The Purpose of Intervention: Changing Beliefs about the Use of Force - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartha Finnemore\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eViolence or the potential for violence is a fact of human existence. Many societies, including our own, reward martial success or skill at arms. The ways in which members of a particular society use force reveal a great deal about the nature of authority within the group and about its members' priorities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Purpose of Intervention\u003c\/i\u003e, Martha Finnemore uses one type of force, military intervention, as a window onto the shifting character of international society. She examines the changes, over the past 400 years, about why countries intervene militarily, as well as in the ways they have intervened. It is not the fact of intervention that has altered, she says, but rather the reasons for and meaning behind intervention--the conventional understanding of the purposes for which states can and should use force.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinnemore looks at three types of intervention: collecting debts, addressing humanitarian crises, and acting against states perceived as threats to international peace. In all three, she finds that what is now considered \"obvious\" was vigorously contested or even rejected by people in earlier periods for well-articulated and logical reasons. A broad historical perspective allows her to explicate long-term trends: the steady erosion of force's normative value in international politics, the growing influence of equality norms in many aspects of global political life, and the increasing importance of law in intervention practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartha Finnemore is University Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at The George Washington University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eNational Interests in International Society\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor, with Michael Barnett, of \u003ci\u003eRules for the World: International Organizations in Global Politics\u003c\/i\u003e (both from Cornell).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 173\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 9.28 x 6.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51818027942176,"sku":"9780801489594","price":62.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ce7556a56a3e6aa1cea696ad75200c96.webp?v=1781115091","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-purpose-of-intervention-changing-beliefs-about-the-use-of-force-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}