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University of California Press

National Insecurity and Human Rights

Democracies Debate Counterterrorism

by Alison Brysk (Editor), Gershon Shafir (Editor), Howard Adelman (Contribution by), Colm Campbell (Contribution by), PIlar Domingo (Contribution by), Richard Falk (Contribution by), David Forsythe (Contribution by), Wolfgang S. Heinz (Contribution by), Pedro Ibarra (Contribution by), Todd Landman (Contribution by), Salvador Martí (Contribution by), Daniel Wehrenfennig (Contribution by)
Price: $34.95 / £30.00
Publication Date: Oct 2007
Edition: 1st Edition
Title Details:
Rights: World
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9780520916166
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About the Book

Human rights is all too often the first casualty of national insecurity. How can democracies cope with the threat of terror while protecting human rights? This timely volume compares the lessons of the United States and Israel with the “best-case scenarios” of the United Kingdom, Canada, Spain, and Germany. It demonstrates that threatened democracies have important options, and democratic governance, the rule of law, and international cooperation are crucial foundations for counterterror policy.

Contributors: Howard Adelman, Colm Campbell, Pilar Domingo, Richard Falk, David Forsythe, Wolfgang S. Heinz, Pedro Ibarra, Todd Landman, Salvador Martí, Daniel Wehrenfennig

About the Author

Alison Brysk is Professor of Political Science and International Studies at the University of California, Irvine. Gershon Shafir is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies at the University of California, San Diego.

Reviews

“This is one of the most acute and lucid analyses of the moral and institutional challenges posted for liberal democratic societies by mega-terrorism. Alison Brysk, Gershon Shafir, and a group of eminent scholars address, with practical understanding and moral insight, the question of how to prevent our reasonable fears for our safety from turning into a moral panic that is incompatible with the effective defense of human rights.”—Tom Farer, University of Denver, former President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights