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Pan-Africanism, Black Nationalism, Ethiopianism and Rastafari : A Historical Perspective -- General Overview of the Organizational Structure of the Rastafari Movement -- The Different Mansions of the Rastafari Movement -- Gender Dynamics Within the Rastafari Movement -- Important Concepts and Symbols for the Rastafari Movement -- The Globalization of the Rastafari Movement -- Out in the Field -- A Comparison between the Rastafari Movement and other Black Theological Movements such as the Nation of Islam and the Black Hebrew Israelites -- Reflections on the Current Status of the Rastafari Movement

This book explores the fluctuating relationship between human rights and humanitarianism. For most of their lives, human rights and humanitarianism have been distant cousins. Humanitarianism focused on situations in faraway places dealing with large-scale loss of life that demanded urgent attention whilst human rights advanced the cause of individual liberty and equality at home. However, the twentieth century saw the two coming much more directly into dialogue, particularly following the end of the Cold War, as both began working in war zones and post-conflict situations. Leading scholars probe how the shifting meanings of human rights and humanitarianism converge and diverge from a variety of disciplinary perspectives ranging from philosophical inquiries that consider whether and how differences are constructed at the level of ethics, obligations, and duties, to historical inquiries that attempt to locate core differences within and between historical periods, and to practice-oriented perspectives that suggest how differences are created and recreated in response to concrete problems and through different kinds of organised activities with different goals and meanings.

Nearly all of those who want to make the world a better place are engaged in paternalism. This book asks how power is intertwined with practices of global compassion. It argues that the concept of paternalism illuminates how care and control are involved in the everyday practices of humanitarianism, human rights, development and other projects designed to improve the lives of others. The authors explore whether and how the paternalism of the nineteenth century differs from the paternalism of today, and offer a provocative look at the power in global ethics, raising the question of whether, when, and how paternalism can be justified

"How do American Jews envision their role in the world? Are they tribal--a people whose obligations extend solely to their own? Or are they prophetic--a light unto nations, working to repair the world? The Star and the Stripes is an original, provocative interpretation of the effects of these worldviews on the foreign policy beliefs of American Jews since the nineteenth century. Michael Barnett argues that it all begins with the political identity of American Jews. As Jews, they are committed to their people's survival. As Americans, they identify with, and believe their survival depends on, the American principles of liberalism, religious freedom, and pluralism. This identity and search for inclusion form a political theology of prophetic Judaism that emphasizes the historic mission of Jews to help create a world of peace and justice. The political theology of prophetic Judaism accounts for two enduring features of the foreign policy beliefs of American Jews. They exhibit a cosmopolitan sensibility, advocating on behalf of human rights, humanitarianism, and international law and organizations. They also are suspicious of nationalism--including their own. Contrary to the conventional wisdom that American Jews are natural-born Jewish nationalists, Barnett charts a long history of ambivalence; this ambivalence connects their early rejection of Zionism with the current debate regarding their attachment to Israel. And, Barnett contends, this growing ambivalence also explains the rising popularity of humanitarian and social justice movements among American Jews. Rooted in the understanding of how history shapes a political community's sense of the world, The Star and the Stripes is a bold reading of the past, present, and possible future foreign policies of American Jews"--

Introduction : depraved indifference? -- It was a very good year -- Rwanda through rose-colored glasses -- "If this is an easy operation..." -- The fog of genocide -- Diplomatic games -- The hunt for moral responsibility -- Afterword -- Brief chronology of Rwandan conflict -- Selected chronology of United Nations' security agenda

chapter 1 Introduction: The international humanitarian order -- part Section I UN and world order -- chapter 2 Bringing in the new world order: Liberalism, legitimacy, and the United Nations -- chapter 3 The new United Nations politics of peace: From juridical sovereignty to empirical sovereignty -- chapter 4 The United Nations and global security: The norm is mightier than the sword -- chapter 5 Humanitarianism with a sovereign face: UNHCR in the global undertow -- part Section II The ethics of intervention -- chapter 6 The UN Security Council, indifference, and genocide in Rwanda -- chapter 7 UNHCR and the ethics of repatriation -- chapter 8 Building a republican peace: Stabilizing states after war -- chapter 9 Humanitarianism transformed -- chapter 10 Conclusion: Beyond the international humanitarian order?.

This book provides a critical exploration of the politics and practice of global ethical interventions. Organized in four parts Michael Barnett examines the tensions in the relationship between global governance, ethics, and international order.

Front Matter -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Politics of Uniqueness: The Status of the Israeli Case -- Israel and International Politics -- Israeli Foreign Policy: A Realist Ideal-Type or a Breed of Its Own? -- Israeli-Diaspora Relations in Comparative Perspective -- Gender and International Relations: A Comparison of Citizen Attitudes in Israel and Egypt -- Israel in the World Economy: Israel as an East Asian State? -- Israel and Domestic Politics -- The Fetish of Jerusalem: A Hegemonic Analysis -- Between Uniqueness and Exclusion: The Politics of Identity in Israel in Comparative Perspective -- Zionism and Colonialism: A Comparative Approach -- Conclusion -- On the Uniqueness of Israel: Multiple Readings -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index -- Back Cover.

What determines the strategies by which a state mobilizes resources for war? And does war preparation strengthen or weaken the state in relation to society? In addressing these questions, Michael Barnett develops a novel theoretical framework that traces the connection between war preparation and changes in state-society relations, and applies that framework to Egypt from 1952 to 1977 and Israel from 1948 through 1977. Confronting the Costs of War addresses major issues in international relations, comparative politics, and Middle Eastern studies

Rules for the World -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Bureaucratizing World Politics -- 2. International Organizations as Bureaucracies -- 3. Expertise and Power at the International Monetary Fund -- 4. Defining Refugees and Voluntary Repatriation at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees -- 5. Genocide and the Peace keeping Culture at the United Nations -- 6. The Legitimacy of an Expanding Global Bureaucracy -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.