Humanitarian Hypocrisy

Civilian Protection and the Design of Peace Operations

Andrea L. Everett

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Cornell University Press
15 February 2018

Peacekeeping operations

In Humanitarian Hypocrisy, Andrea L. Everett maps the often glaring differences between declared ambitions to protect civilians in conflict zones and the resources committed for doing so. Examining how powerful governments contribute to peace operations and determine how they are designed, Everett argues that ambitions-resources gaps are a form of organized hypocrisy. Her book shows how political compromises lead to disparities between the humanitarian principles leaders proclaim and what their policies are designed to accomplish.

When those in power face strong pressure to protect civilians but are worried about the high costs and dangers of intervention, Everett asserts, they allocate insufficient resources or impose excessive operational constraints. The ways in which this can play out are illustrated by Everett's use of original data and in-depth case studies of France in Rwanda, the United States in Darfur, and Australia in East Timor and Aceh. Humanitarian Hypocrisy has a sad lesson: missions that gesture toward the protection of civilians but overlook the most pressing security needs of affected populations can worsen suffering even while the entities who doom those missions to failure assume the moral high ground. This is a must-read book for activists, NGO officials, and policymakers alike.

By: Andrea L. Everett
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781501715471
ISBN 10: 150171547X
Pages: 284
Publication Date: 15 February 2018
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andrea L. Everett is a Visiting Scholar at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford University.

Reviews for Humanitarian Hypocrisy: Civilian Protection and the Design of Peace Operations

Humanitarian Hypocrisy makes a substantial contribution to the literature on peace operations, and Andrea L. Everett substantiates her argument convincingly both quantitatively and in the case studies. -- Katharina Coleman, University of British Columbia, and author of <I> International Organisations and Peace Enforcement</I> Humanitarian Hypocrisy is well conceived, well organized, and well written. Andrea L. Everett addresses an important topic-why do democratic leaders design peace operations that are supposed to protect civilians while giving those operations insufficient resources to do so-and does so by developing a novel theory and examining implications of the theory using both quantitative analysis based on new data collected by the author and detailed case studies. -- David E. Cunningham, University of Maryland, author of <I>Barriers to Peace in Civil War</I>