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The rationality of dictators : towards a more effective implementation of the responsibility to protect, Maartje Weerdesteijn
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- Summary
- A non-democratic system of government is an important risk factor for the perpetration of atrocity crimes, meaning genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and ethnic cleansing. At the 2005 World Summit the international community accepted the responsibility to protect populations from these crimes when the domestic state is failing to do so. The implementation of the responsibility to protect, however, leaves much to be desired. This book studies the role dictators play in orchestrating mass atrocities and analyses their decision-making process when the international community tries to stop or mitigate the perpetration of these crimes. Through a comparative case study of Pol Pot and Slobodan Milosevic it argues that the role ideology plays in the decision-making process of the dictator is an important determinant of their responsiveness. In doing so, it challenges the common notion that all dictators are primarily motivated by retaining their position of power and argues that while dictators are frequently characterised as raging mad men, this is not necessarily always the case. It rather argues in favour of a more nuanced approach to rationality, that uses the work of Max Weber to acknowledge that different types of rationality exist, when analysing the decision-making process of dictators. The book is therefore an indispensable resource for scholars who are interested in the role of dictators in bringing forth and stopping mass atrocities and for anyone who wants more insight into the rationality of dictators. <i>Maartje Weerdesteijn is an interdisciplinary scholar and lecturer at Utrecht University. She holds a bachelor from Maastricht University and a master from VU University Amsterdam where she worked for several years as a lecturer. She conducted her PhD research at Tilburg University and published in renowned international journals, including Politics and Governance, International Criminal Law Review and Genocide Studies and Prevention.</i>
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 399 pages)
- Note
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2018)
- Contents
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- Introduction
- The World of the Dictator
- Mass atrocities and the role of the dictator
- Preventing and stopping mass atrocities : the responsibility to protect
- The interaction between States and Heads of State : the role of rationality
- Different kinds of rationality : the work of Max Weber
- Pol Pot and the destruction of Cambodia
- Milosevic and the dissolution of Yugoslavia
- The rationality of Pol Pot
- The rationality of Milosevic
- Military intervention : lessons learned from the Wars with NATO and Vietnam
- Lessons learned for the implementation of the responsibility to protect
- Conclusion : a piece of the puzzle
- Isbn
- 9781780687575
- Label
- The rationality of dictators : towards a more effective implementation of the responsibility to protect
- Title
- The rationality of dictators
- Title remainder
- towards a more effective implementation of the responsibility to protect
- Statement of responsibility
- Maartje Weerdesteijn
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A non-democratic system of government is an important risk factor for the perpetration of atrocity crimes, meaning genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and ethnic cleansing. At the 2005 World Summit the international community accepted the responsibility to protect populations from these crimes when the domestic state is failing to do so. The implementation of the responsibility to protect, however, leaves much to be desired. This book studies the role dictators play in orchestrating mass atrocities and analyses their decision-making process when the international community tries to stop or mitigate the perpetration of these crimes. Through a comparative case study of Pol Pot and Slobodan Milosevic it argues that the role ideology plays in the decision-making process of the dictator is an important determinant of their responsiveness. In doing so, it challenges the common notion that all dictators are primarily motivated by retaining their position of power and argues that while dictators are frequently characterised as raging mad men, this is not necessarily always the case. It rather argues in favour of a more nuanced approach to rationality, that uses the work of Max Weber to acknowledge that different types of rationality exist, when analysing the decision-making process of dictators. The book is therefore an indispensable resource for scholars who are interested in the role of dictators in bringing forth and stopping mass atrocities and for anyone who wants more insight into the rationality of dictators. <i>Maartje Weerdesteijn is an interdisciplinary scholar and lecturer at Utrecht University. She holds a bachelor from Maastricht University and a master from VU University Amsterdam where she worked for several years as a lecturer. She conducted her PhD research at Tilburg University and published in renowned international journals, including Politics and Governance, International Criminal Law Review and Genocide Studies and Prevention.</i>
- Cataloging source
- UkCbUP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1984-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Weerdesteijn, Maartje
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- KZ4082
- LC item number
- .W44 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
- Series supranational criminal law
- Series volume
- volume 22
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Responsibility to protect (International law)
- Atrocities
- Crimes against humanity (International law)
- Dictators
- Rationalism
- Label
- The rationality of dictators : towards a more effective implementation of the responsibility to protect, Maartje Weerdesteijn
- Note
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2018)
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- online resource
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- cr
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- rdacarrier
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- The World of the Dictator -- Mass atrocities and the role of the dictator -- Preventing and stopping mass atrocities : the responsibility to protect -- The interaction between States and Heads of State : the role of rationality -- Different kinds of rationality : the work of Max Weber -- Pol Pot and the destruction of Cambodia -- Milosevic and the dissolution of Yugoslavia -- The rationality of Pol Pot -- The rationality of Milosevic -- Military intervention : lessons learned from the Wars with NATO and Vietnam -- Lessons learned for the implementation of the responsibility to protect -- Conclusion : a piece of the puzzle
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 399 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781780687575
- Isbn Type
- (ebook)
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Label
- The rationality of dictators : towards a more effective implementation of the responsibility to protect, Maartje Weerdesteijn
- Note
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2018)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- The World of the Dictator -- Mass atrocities and the role of the dictator -- Preventing and stopping mass atrocities : the responsibility to protect -- The interaction between States and Heads of State : the role of rationality -- Different kinds of rationality : the work of Max Weber -- Pol Pot and the destruction of Cambodia -- Milosevic and the dissolution of Yugoslavia -- The rationality of Pol Pot -- The rationality of Milosevic -- Military intervention : lessons learned from the Wars with NATO and Vietnam -- Lessons learned for the implementation of the responsibility to protect -- Conclusion : a piece of the puzzle
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 399 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781780687575
- Isbn Type
- (ebook)
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s)
- Specific material designation
- remote
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