Davies, GAM and Johns, RA (2016) R2P from Below: Does the British Public View Humanitarian Interventions as Ethical and Effective? International Politics, 53 (1). pp. 118-137. ISSN 1384-5748
Abstract
One of the major barriers to the implementation of the Responsibility to Protect principle is the lack of a political will. Public attitudes towards intervention will have a crucial impact on elite willingness to prevent mass atrocities, yet we have little understanding of the factors that influence those attitudes. This article provides the first examination of UK public perceptions about the moral justifiability and effectiveness of humanitarian interventions. The article shows that decisions about justifiability and effectiveness are very different. Attitudes towards justification were more easily explained suggesting that judgements about effectiveness are more contextual and less easily accounted for by individuals’ background characteristics and attitudes. Experiences with both Iraq and Afghanistan have contaminated public perceptions of both the ethics and effectiveness of humanitarian interventions. Although the public is broadly supportive about the justifiability of humanitarian interventions they are extremely sceptical about the likelihood that those interventions will be successful.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Macmillan Publishers Ltd. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in International Politics. The definitive publisher-authenticated version "GAM Davies and R Johns, R2P from below: Does the British public view humanitarian interventions as ethical and effective?, International Politics (2016) 53, 118–137. doi:10.1057/ip.2015.40" is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/ip.2015.40 |
Keywords: | R2P; Public Opinion; Humanitarian Intervention |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Economic and Social Research Council RES-062-023-1952 Economic and Social Research Council RES-062-23-1952-A |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 23 May 2016 11:29 |
Last Modified: | 04 Jan 2017 23:39 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/ip.2015.40 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Identification Number: | 10.1057/ip.2015.40 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:97526 |