America's war on terrorism; the revival of the nation-state versus universal human rights.

9780773451254

America's war on terrorism; the revival of the nation-state versus universal human rights.

Christie, Kenneth.

Edwin Mellen Pr.

2008

274 pages

$109.95

Hardcover

HV6432

Christie (political science, Zayed U., United Arab Emirates) assesses the implications of the US "War on Terror" for human rights around the world from a political science and international relations perspective. He judges the extent to which the obsession with terror has eclipsed concerns with human rights violations and the extent to which states have used the excuse of terrorism as a means to eliminate and nullify domestic opposition and dissent. He also analyzes the implications of such policies for international relations in theory and in practice. Along the way he touches upon issues of unilateralism versus multilateralism, security versus the rule of law, and the process of securitization and its creation of greater risk of conflict.

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