Jan Nederveen Pieterse is presently Associate Professor in Sociology at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague.

• Preface Notes on Contributors Humanitarian Intervention and Beyond: Introduction; Jan Nederveen Pieterse Humanitarian Action in War Zones: Recent Experience and Future Research; Thomas G. Weiss Containing Systemic Crisis: The Regionalization of Welfare and Security Policy; Mark Duffield Human Rights and Intervention: A Case for Caution; Caroline Thomas and Melvyn Reader Rethinking Humanitarian Intervention; Bhikku Parekh Humanitarian Intervention: A Military View; Major-General Rtd J.W.Brinkman The Media and the Rwanda Crisis: Effects on Audiences and Public Policy; Greg Philo, Lindsey Hilsum, Liza Beattie and Rick Holliman Sociology of Humanitarian Intervention: Bosnia, Rwanda and Somalia Compared; Jan Nederveen Pieterse Conclusion Index