Diplomatic Interventions

Conflict and Change in a Globalizing World

K. Fierke

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Palgrave Macmillan
22 April 2005

Peace studies & conflict resolution; Diplomacy

Diplomatic Interventions argues that war is a social construction. In so doing, it unsettles the definition of intervention, as a coercive interference by one state in the affairs of another, to examine the range of communicative or 'diplomatic' practices which through their presence modify the experience of war. The tension between claims that war is pervasive and that war is a social construct is analysed in relation to a range of moral, legal, military, economic, cultural, and therapeutic interventions. The concluding chapter highlights how the book itself is a critical intervention that requires us look at again from a new angle at international practice.

By: K. Fierke
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2005 ed.
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 450g
ISBN: 9781403915405
ISBN 10: 1403915407
Pages: 221
Publication Date: 22 April 2005
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

K.M. FIERKE is a Reader in the School of Politics and International Studies at Queen's University Belfast. She is author of Changing Games, Changing Strategies: Critical Investigations in Security (1998), co-editor of Constructing International Relations: The Next Generation (2001), and has published articles in several prominent journals as well as contributing to numerous edited books.

Reviews for Diplomatic Interventions: Conflict and Change in a Globalizing World

"""'Diplomatic Interventions is an important contribution to the constructivist literature, offering a compelling argument for the social construction of war. With a breadth that spans the just war doctrine, humanitarian intervention, war crimes, pre-emptive self-defence, arms sales, cultural propaganda, and much more, Flerke persuasively argues that, in effect, ""war is what we make of it"". Essential reading for all who study war and conflict resolution.' - Brian Frederking, McKendree College, USA"""