The Coloniality of Humanitarian Intervention

This book scrutinises the practice of humanitarian intervention to explore the extent to which racism and heteronormativity, rooted in colonial understandings of time and space, are enacted through the UK's responses, failed responses, and non-responses to atrocity crimes.

Patrick J. Vernon is a Lecturer in Gender and War Studies in the Department of War Studies at King's College London, UK. Their research studies the role of gendered, sexual and racialised representations in discourses and practices of security. They are particularly interested in the study of political violence from the micro to the global level, having researched topics including online abuse, hostile media representations of minoritised groups, genocide and humanitarian intervention. Patrick has published in journals including Millennium, International Studies Review, International Political Sociology and The British Journal of Politics and International Relations.

1. Introduction 2. Queering Humanitarian Intervention as Colonial Violence 3. The Brutal Dictator: Targeting Families, Forming Evil Alliances 4. The ISIL Terrorist: Islamophobia and the Battle for Survival 5. The British Self: Colonial Masculinity and the (Non)Use of Force 6. The Universal Path to Democracy 7. Conclusion