National Insecurity and Human Rights: Democracies Debate CounterterrorismHuman 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 |
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Contents
Protecting Human Dignity | 37 |
Violent Conflict | 56 |
The Continuity of Terror | 75 |
The Curious Debate | 92 |
Democracy Civil Liberties | 118 |
Rights and Countering Terrorist Threats | 137 |
State Responses to Terrorist | 157 |
Human Rights in Hard Times | 177 |
Notes | 189 |
| 213 | |
Contributors | 237 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | National Insecurity and Human Rights: Democracies Debate Counterterrorism Volume 5 of Global, Area, and International Archive |
| Editors | Alison Brysk, Gershon Shafir |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of California Press, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0520098609, 9780520098602 |
| Length | 245 pages |
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