Newman, E (2016) What prospects for common humanity in a divided world? The scope for RtoP in a transitional international order. International Politics, 53 (1). pp. 32-48. ISSN 1384-5748
Abstract
As a near-universal political commitment to prevent or address atrocities the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) supports the idea of common humanity, even though the operationalization of the principle is uneven and controversial. However, the RtoP agenda has become problematized by the political frictions of the shifting international order. This is reflected in normative contestation between liberal states and those – including rising or resurgent powers – which promote a more conservative, pluralist vision of international society and which increasingly resist Western control of the political agenda. The transitional international order has also generated geopolitical tensions which – even if unconnected to humanitarian norms – obstruct the RtoP agenda. This article explores these themes and considers if RtoP, as an expression of common humanity, can achieve progress in this context.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in International Politics. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Newman, E (2016) What prospects for common humanity in a divided world? The scope for RtoP in a transitional international order. International Politics, 53 (1). pp. 32-48, 10.1057/ip.2015.36 is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/ip.2015.36 |
Keywords: | Responsibility to Protect; international order; global humanity; United Nations; international norms |
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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) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 01 Feb 2016 11:07 |
Last Modified: | 05 Jan 2017 13:54 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/ip.2015.36 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Identification Number: | 10.1057/ip.2015.36 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:94212 |