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024	7		_a10.18574/nyu/9780814761441.001.0001 _2doi
035			_a(DE-B1597)9780814763377
035			_a(DE-B1597)547746
035			_a(OCoLC)778454572
040			_aDE-B1597 _beng _cDE-B1597 _erda
050		4	_aJC330.3 _b.M57 2016
072		7	_aPOL007000 _2bisacsh
082	0	4	_a303.34 _223
084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aMitchell, Neil James _eautore
245	1	0	_aDemocracy's Blameless Leaders : _bFrom Dresden to Abu Ghraib, How Leaders Evade Accountability for Abuse, Atrocity, and Killing / _cNeil James Mitchell.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bNew York University Press, _c[2012]
264		4	_c©2012
300			_a1 online resource
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aFrom 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.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)
650		0	_aAtrocities _vCase studies.
650		0	_aCivilians in war _xCrimes against _vCase studies.
650		0	_aCriminal liability (International law) _vCase studies.
650		0	_aDemocracy _xMoral and ethical aspects _vCase studies.
650		0	_aGovernment accountability _vCase studies.
650		0	_aPolitical leadership _xMoral and ethical aspects _vCase studies.
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political ideologies / Democracy. _2bisacsh
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814763377
856	4	2	_3Cover _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780814763377/original
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999			_c201214 _d201214