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The Responsibility to Protect in Darfur
The Role of Mass Media
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2010
Summary
Long-simmering conflict in the Sudanese region of Darfur came to a boil in the spring of 2003 and became a focus of American media attention in September 2004. After the genocide in Rwanda the international community developed a new way to deal with genocide-the 'Responsibility to Protect' doctrine which legitimized intervention in case of egregious loss of human life. Despite this new doctrine, it took over five years of conflict in Darfur before the U. N. began intervening. The Responsibility to Protect in Darfur: The Role of Mass Media, traces the development of international intervention in domestic conflict, culminating in the concept of 'Responsibility to Protect' in 2001. The authors explain the background and complexity of the crisis besetting Darfur, and document U.S. media coverage of the crisis in terms of framing that would mobilize public opinion behind international intervention. The book traces evolution in international norms regarding state sovereignty and human rights that led to the articulation of 'Responsibility to Protect' and its subsequent adoption by the international community in 2005. It provides an understanding of the complex nature of the Darfur crises, in a way that was seriously lacking in media coverage. The authors also analyze the affects media coverage of the crisis had on the world's reaction, particularly in the U.S. Specifically it looks at television coverage of the crisis, and the newspaper coverage, particularly through The New York Times. Finally, the authors ask if 'Responsibility to Protect' was helpful in Darfur, and if it will be in the future for other countries.
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Edition
1/2010
Copyright Year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-3806-9
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-3808-3
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
152
Product Type
Monograph
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TABLE OF CONTENTS No access
List of Tables No access
Map of Africa No access
Map of Sudan No access
Preface No access
Introduction No access
Chapter 1 State Sovereignty and the Responsibility to Protect No access Pages 1 - 16
Chapter 2 Understanding the Darfur Conflict No access Pages 17 - 44
Chapter 3 Mass Media, Public Opinion, and International Intervention No access Pages 45 - 60
Chapter 4 Broadcast Television News Coverage No access Pages 61 - 72
Chapter 5 New York Times Coverage No access Pages 73 - 92
Chapter 6 Mass Media and the Responsibility to Protect No access Pages 93 - 112
Appendix A Chronology No access Pages 113 - 120
Appendix B Descriptive Language No access Pages 121 - 128
