The book investigates the role of popular liberal internationalism as a social movement in Britain using Gramscian and Foucauldian ideas of civil society. It addresses the use of force for peace through an examination of the impact of civil society actors in popular liberal internationalism between the world wars.

Autorentext
MICHAEL PUGH is Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Bradford, UK, Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow (2011-12) and editor of the journal International Peacekeeping. He has written extensively on peace and conflict and is the co-editor, with Neil Cooper and Mandy Turner, of Whose Peace? Critical Perspectives on the Political Economy of Peacebuilding (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008).

Inhalt
Preface Introduction: Liberal Internationalism, a Social Movement for Peace Governance: Ideological and Political Trespass Education: Democratic Accountability and Paper Guarantees Disarmament: White Robes of Peace or Jackboots and Spurs? Innovation: Arming the League with Air Power Resistance: Pacifism and the Power of Defiance Imperialism: Economic Security and Sanctions Revisionism: Rearmament and Peaceful Change Conclusion: Retrenchment, Reform and Colonisation Appendix I: Group Memberships Appendix II: Circulation Figures