Democracy’s Blameless Leaders: From Dresden to Abu Ghraib, How Leaders Evade Accountability for Abuse, Atrocity, and Killing
From the American and British counter-insurgency in Iraq to the bombing of Dresden and the Amristar Massacre in India, civilians are often abused and killed when they are caught in the cross-fire of wars and other conflicts. In Democracy’s Blameless Leaders, Neil Mitchell examines how leaders in dem...
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| Zusammenfassung: | From the American and British counter-insurgency in Iraq to the bombing of Dresden and the Amristar Massacre in India, civilians are often abused and killed when they are caught in the cross-fire of wars and other conflicts. In Democracy’s Blameless Leaders, Neil Mitchell examines how leaders in democracies manage the blame for the abuse and the killing of civilians, arguing that politicians are likely to react in a self-interested and opportunistic way and seek to deny and evade accountability.Using empirical evidence from well-known cases of abuse and atrocity committed by the security forces of established, liberal democracies, Mitchell shows that self-interested political leaders will attempt to evade accountability for abuse and atrocity, using a range of well-known techniques including denial, delay, diversion, and delegation to pass blame for abuse and atrocities to the lowest plausible level. Mitchell argues that, despite the conventional wisdom that accountability is a ‘central feature’ of democracies, it is only a rare and courageous leader who acts differently, exposing the limits of accountability in democratic societies. As democracies remain embroiled in armed conflicts, and continue to try to come to grips with past atrocities, Democracy’s Blameless Leaders provides a timely analysis of why these events occur, why leaders behave as they do, and how a more accountable system might be developed |
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| spelling | Mitchell, Neil James Verfasser aut Democracy’s Blameless Leaders From Dresden to Abu Ghraib, How Leaders Evade Accountability for Abuse, Atrocity, and Killing Neil James Mitchell New York, NY New York University Press [2012] © 2012 1 online resource txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jun 2020) From the American and British counter-insurgency in Iraq to the bombing of Dresden and the Amristar Massacre in India, civilians are often abused and killed when they are caught in the cross-fire of wars and other conflicts. In Democracy’s Blameless Leaders, Neil Mitchell examines how leaders in democracies manage the blame for the abuse and the killing of civilians, arguing that politicians are likely to react in a self-interested and opportunistic way and seek to deny and evade accountability.Using empirical evidence from well-known cases of abuse and atrocity committed by the security forces of established, liberal democracies, Mitchell shows that self-interested political leaders will attempt to evade accountability for abuse and atrocity, using a range of well-known techniques including denial, delay, diversion, and delegation to pass blame for abuse and atrocities to the lowest plausible level. Mitchell argues that, despite the conventional wisdom that accountability is a ‘central feature’ of democracies, it is only a rare and courageous leader who acts differently, exposing the limits of accountability in democratic societies. As democracies remain embroiled in armed conflicts, and continue to try to come to grips with past atrocities, Democracy’s Blameless Leaders provides a timely analysis of why these events occur, why leaders behave as they do, and how a more accountable system might be developed In English Geschichte gnd rswk-swf POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political ideologies / Democracy bisacsh Atrocities Case studies Civilians in war Case studies Crimes against Civilians in war Crimes against Case studies Criminal liability (International law) Case studies Democracy Case studies Moral and ethical aspects Democracy Moral and ethical aspects Case studies Government accountability Case studies Political leadership Case studies Moral and ethical aspects Political leadership Moral and ethical aspects Case studies Menschenrechtsverletzung (DE-588)4276272-8 gnd rswk-swf Demokratie (DE-588)4011413-2 gnd rswk-swf Politische Ethik (DE-588)4129503-1 gnd rswk-swf Kriegsverbrechen (DE-588)4033151-9 gnd rswk-swf Zivilbevölkerung (DE-588)4190984-7 gnd rswk-swf Politische Führung (DE-588)4115584-1 gnd rswk-swf 1\p (DE-588)4522595-3 Fallstudiensammlung gnd-content Politische Führung (DE-588)4115584-1 s Demokratie (DE-588)4011413-2 s Kriegsverbrechen (DE-588)4033151-9 s Menschenrechtsverletzung (DE-588)4276272-8 s Zivilbevölkerung (DE-588)4190984-7 s Politische Ethik (DE-588)4129503-1 s Geschichte z 2\p DE-604 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814763377 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
| spellingShingle | Mitchell, Neil James Democracy’s Blameless Leaders From Dresden to Abu Ghraib, How Leaders Evade Accountability for Abuse, Atrocity, and Killing POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political ideologies / Democracy bisacsh Atrocities Case studies Civilians in war Case studies Crimes against Civilians in war Crimes against Case studies Criminal liability (International law) Case studies Democracy Case studies Moral and ethical aspects Democracy Moral and ethical aspects Case studies Government accountability Case studies Political leadership Case studies Moral and ethical aspects Political leadership Moral and ethical aspects Case studies Menschenrechtsverletzung (DE-588)4276272-8 gnd Demokratie (DE-588)4011413-2 gnd Politische Ethik (DE-588)4129503-1 gnd Kriegsverbrechen (DE-588)4033151-9 gnd Zivilbevölkerung (DE-588)4190984-7 gnd Politische Führung (DE-588)4115584-1 gnd |
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| title | Democracy’s Blameless Leaders From Dresden to Abu Ghraib, How Leaders Evade Accountability for Abuse, Atrocity, and Killing |
| title_auth | Democracy’s Blameless Leaders From Dresden to Abu Ghraib, How Leaders Evade Accountability for Abuse, Atrocity, and Killing |
| title_exact_search | Democracy’s Blameless Leaders From Dresden to Abu Ghraib, How Leaders Evade Accountability for Abuse, Atrocity, and Killing |
| title_exact_search_txtP | Democracy’s Blameless Leaders From Dresden to Abu Ghraib, How Leaders Evade Accountability for Abuse, Atrocity, and Killing |
| title_full | Democracy’s Blameless Leaders From Dresden to Abu Ghraib, How Leaders Evade Accountability for Abuse, Atrocity, and Killing Neil James Mitchell |
| title_fullStr | Democracy’s Blameless Leaders From Dresden to Abu Ghraib, How Leaders Evade Accountability for Abuse, Atrocity, and Killing Neil James Mitchell |
| title_full_unstemmed | Democracy’s Blameless Leaders From Dresden to Abu Ghraib, How Leaders Evade Accountability for Abuse, Atrocity, and Killing Neil James Mitchell |
| title_short | Democracy’s Blameless Leaders |
| title_sort | democracy s blameless leaders from dresden to abu ghraib how leaders evade accountability for abuse atrocity and killing |
| title_sub | From Dresden to Abu Ghraib, How Leaders Evade Accountability for Abuse, Atrocity, and Killing |
| topic | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political ideologies / Democracy bisacsh Atrocities Case studies Civilians in war Case studies Crimes against Civilians in war Crimes against Case studies Criminal liability (International law) Case studies Democracy Case studies Moral and ethical aspects Democracy Moral and ethical aspects Case studies Government accountability Case studies Political leadership Case studies Moral and ethical aspects Political leadership Moral and ethical aspects Case studies Menschenrechtsverletzung (DE-588)4276272-8 gnd Demokratie (DE-588)4011413-2 gnd Politische Ethik (DE-588)4129503-1 gnd Kriegsverbrechen (DE-588)4033151-9 gnd Zivilbevölkerung (DE-588)4190984-7 gnd Politische Führung (DE-588)4115584-1 gnd |
| topic_facet | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political ideologies / Democracy Atrocities Case studies Civilians in war Case studies Crimes against Civilians in war Crimes against Case studies Criminal liability (International law) Case studies Democracy Case studies Moral and ethical aspects Democracy Moral and ethical aspects Case studies Government accountability Case studies Political leadership Case studies Moral and ethical aspects Political leadership Moral and ethical aspects Case studies Menschenrechtsverletzung Demokratie Politische Ethik Kriegsverbrechen Zivilbevölkerung Politische Führung Fallstudiensammlung |
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