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Power and Justice in International RelationsInterdisciplinary Approaches to Global ChallengesEdited by Marie-Luisa Frick and Andreas Oberprantacher, University of Innsbruck, Austria

December 2009 234 x 156 mm256 pages Hardback978-0-7546-7771-0 £60.00

Includes 1 figure and 3 tables

Outstanding and thought-provoking, this book provides up-to-date and in-depth analyses of current developments ininternational politics with a special focus on the (unilateral) use of force in international relations and its implication forinternational law, the chances and risks of international criminal justice and law, the question of epistemic violence withregard to dominant discourses in the theory of international relations, such as nation-building, securitization, interculturaldialogue and on the conditions for global social and ecological justice in international economics. It contributes inparticular to a better understanding of the relation between power and justice in view of current global tensions. Primarilyintended for students and scholars of international relations, political science, social science, international law, and(political) philosophy.

ContentsForeword; Introduction: a man and his quest for global justice, Chandra Muzzafar; Part I Power Unleashed? The Use of

Force in International Relations and the Future of International Law: From a unipolar to a multipolar world: a post-Bush USpresidency for a post-Western world, Anthony Carty; Did Captain America kill international law?, Chin Leng Lim; Opting fortruth: the Roman Catholic Church in international affairs, Jodok Troy; Difference arguments in international law andrelations, Sienho Yee. Part II Conceptual Disputes in Contemporary International Law: Peace through law revisited:Kelsen's vision of international law at the beginning of the 21st century, Andreas Th. Müller; Post-bellum war crimestribunals and contemporary international law: adjudging state responsibility and 'war guilt' issues, Edward McWhinney;The concept of human security: does it add anything of value to international legal theory or practice?, Lyal S. Sunga. PartIII Knowledge Production and Epistemic Violence in International Relations: The epistemic violence of the internationalsecurity system in Africa, Belachew Gebrewold; Human rights and the challenges of intercultural dialogue in the 21stcentury: a perspective from sub-Saharan Africa, Michael O. Maduagwu; Overcoming cover-science in Latin Americansocial sciences and humanities – an intervention, Johannes Maerk; The tyranny of the status quo: economic modeling,economic policy paradigms, and the financial crisis, Jesús Crespo Cuaresma. Part IV Global Social Justice and theQuestion of Power: International economics and the question of power: a manifold but obscured relationship, AndreasExenberger; Was Marx right after all? A critical analysis of the global financial crisis, Elmar Altvater; Capitalism vs.ecology: nature, too, expects justice!, Türkkaya Ataöv; Cooperation and global public goods: aspects of fairness ininternational relations, Ulrich Metschl.

About the EditorMarie-Luisa Frick and Andreas Oberprantacher are senior researchers in the Department of Philosophy at the Universityof Innsbruck, Austria

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