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This page intentionally left blank ArgumentandChangeinWorldPolitics Arguments have consequences in world politics that are as real as the military forces of states or the balance of power among them. NetaCrawfordproposesatheoryofargumentthatfocusesontherole ofethicalargumentsinfosteringchangesinlong-standingpractices. Analyzing colonialism and slavery, the author shows how ethical argumentshelpedbringabouttheabolitionofslaveryandforcedlabor, anddecolonization.Suggestingthatdecolonizationisperhapsthemost significantchangeinworldpoliticsoverthepast500years,theauthor examinesethicalargumentsfromthesixteenthcenturyjustifyingthe conquestoftheAmericas,throughthetwentieth-centurydebatesover decolonizationandhumanitarianintervention.Theauthorexplicitly considers alternative explanations for decolonization and abolition, andshowsthateconomicscannotfullyaccountforeitherchange.She also offers a prescriptive analysis of the role of ethical argument in humanitarianintervention. NETAC. CRAWFORDisanAssociateProfessor(research)attheThomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for International Studies at Brown University. Sheisco-editor(withAudieKlotz)ofHowSanctionsWork:Lessonsfrom SouthAfrica(1999)andauthorofSovietMilitaryAircraft(1987). CAMBRIDGESTUDIESININTERNATIONALRELATIONS:81 ArgumentandChangeinWorldPolitics EditorialBoard SteveSmith(Managingeditor) ThomasBiersteker ChrisBrown AlexDanchev PhilCerny JosephGrieco A.J.R.Groom RichardHiggott G.JohnIkenberry CarolineKennedy-Pipe SteveLamy MichaelNicholson NgaireWoods Cambridge Studies in International Relations is a joint initiative of Cambridge University Press and the British International Studies Association(BISA).Theserieswillincludeawiderangeofmaterial, fromundergraduatetextbooksandsurveystoresearch-basedmono- graphsandcollaborativevolumes.Theaimoftheseriesistopublish thebestnewscholarshipinInternationalStudiesfromEurope,North Americaandtherestoftheworld. CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 81 NetaC.Crawford Argumentandchangeinworldpolitics Ethics,decolonization,andhumanitarianintervention 80 DouglasLemke Regionsofwarandpeace 79 RichardShapcott Justice,communityanddialogueininternationalrelations 78 PhilSteinberg Thesocialconstructionoftheocean 77 ChristineSylvester FeministInternationalRelations Anunfinishedjourney 76 KennethA.Schultz Democracyandcoercivediplomacy 75 DavidHoughton USforeignpolicyandtheIranhostagecrisis 74 CeciliaAlbin Justiceandfairnessininternationalnegotiation 73 MartinShaw Theoryoftheglobalstate Globalityasanunfinishedrevolution 72 FrankC.ZagareandD.MarcKilgour Perfectdeterrence 71 RobertO’Brien,AnneMarieGoetz,JanAartScholteandMarcWilliams Contestingglobalgovernance Multilateraleconomicinstitutionsandglobalsocialmovements 70 RolandBleiker Populardissent,humanagencyandglobalpolitics Serieslistcontinuesafterindex Argument and Change in World Politics Ethics, Decolonization, and Humanitarian Intervention NetaC.Crawford The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207, Australia Ruiz de Alarcón 13, 28014 Madrid, Spain Dock House, The Waterfront, Cape Town 8001, South Africa http://www.cambridge.org ©Neta C. Crawford 2004 First published in printed format 2002 ISBN 0-511-03256-0 eBook (Adobe Reader) ISBN 0-521-80244-X hardback ISBN 0-521-00279-6 paperback ForRose,GretaandRobert
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