The United Nations and the politics of selective humanitarian intervention

Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- The UN Security Council and Humanitarian Intervention -- The Argument -- Case Selection: Humanitarian Crises after the Cold War -- Research Strategy: A Mixed Methods Design -- Chapter Overview -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: UN Security Council Intervention in Humanitarian Crises: A Framework for Explanation -- Decision Making in the Security Council -- When Does the Security Council Intervene? -- Normative Considerations for Intervention: The Extent of a Humanitarian Crisis -- Material Interests: Spillover Effects and Countervailing Power -- Institutional Effects: Prior Commitments and Path Dependence -- The "CNN Effect": International Media Attention -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: Paths to Intervention: A Fuzzy-Set Analysis -- Fuzzy-Set Analysis -- Operationalization and Calibration of the Outcome and Explanatory Conditions -- The Outcome Condition: The Strength of Security Council Response -- Explanatory Conditions -- The Extent of a Humanitarian Crisis -- Spillover Effects -- Countervailing Power -- Level of Previous Institutional Involvement -- International Media Attention -- Summary and Initial Evidence -- Results -- Explanation for Limited Security Council Action -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: The Security Council and the War in Bosnia -- Overview of the Bosnian Conflict -- The Council's Response to the Crisis in Bosnia-Herzegovina -- Delivery of Humanitarian Assistance -- Economic Sanctions and the International Criminal Tribunal -- Peacekeeping -- Military Humanitarian Intervention -- Explaining Security Council Action in Bosnia -- The Major Players -- Humanitarian Concerns -- Material Interests -- Institutional Effects -- Countervailing Power -- Alternative Explanations -- Conclusion -- Notes