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ERIC Number: EJ510825
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7996
From the Hobbesian Floor to the Kantian Ceiling: UN Intervention as a Practical-Idealist Challenge.
Lapid, Ilana
Social Studies, v86 n3 p101-04 May-Jun 1995
Contends that the United Nations (UN) is redefining its role in the international community. Discusses whether the UN should follow a national sovereignty path or one that recognizes the erosion of the national state. Concludes that humanitarian intervention guided by practical idealism is the correct approach. (CFR)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Diplomatic History, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Policy, Global Approach, International Cooperation, International Law, International Organizations, International Relations, Peace, War, World Affairs, World History
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: United Nations; United States Institute of Peace
Note: First place award in the United States Institute of Peace 1993-94 Peace Essay Contest.