Terror Insecurity And Liberty
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Author |
: Didier Bigo |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 398 |
Release |
: 2008-05-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134036363 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1134036361 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Synopsis Terror, Insecurity and Liberty by : Didier Bigo
This edited volume questions the widespread resort to illiberal security practices by contemporary liberal regimes since 9/11, and argues that counter-terrorism is embedded into the very logic of the fields of politics and security.Although recent debate surrounding civil rights and liberties in post-9/11 Europe has focused on the forms, provisions
Author |
: Richard M. Ebeling and Jacob G. Hornberger |
Publisher |
: The Future of Freedom Foundation |
Total Pages |
: 204 |
Release |
: 2003-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781890687120 |
ISBN-13 |
: 189068712X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis Liberty, Security, and the War on Terrorism by : Richard M. Ebeling and Jacob G. Hornberger
In an 1821 Independence Day speech, John Quincy Adams declared, “[America] goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.” Much has changed in the past two centuries, and America is now constantly in search of monsters to destroy. History has shown that such an imperial foreign policy is inimical to a peaceful society, and ultimately to individual liberty. Liberty, Security, and the War on Terrorism is a collection of essays that predicted the dire consequences of current U.S. foreign policy before the attacks of September 11, documents the loss of liberty that has ensued in the aftermath, and lays out what the proper role of a peaceful republic should be in a world full of monsters.
Author |
: Philip B. Heymann |
Publisher |
: MIT Press |
Total Pages |
: 238 |
Release |
: 2003 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0262582554 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780262582551 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis Terrorism, Freedom, and Security by : Philip B. Heymann
A former Deputy Attorney General of the United States argues that we must preserve our civil liberties and democratic values while fighting terrorism. On September 11, 2001, the United States began to consider the terrorist threat in a new light. Terrorism was no longer something that happened in other countries on other continents but became a pressing domestic concern for the US government and American citizens. The nation suddenly faced a protracted struggle. In Terrorism, Freedom, and Security, Philip Heymann continues the discussion of responses to terrorism that he began in his widely read Terrorism and America. He argues that diplomacy, intelligence, and international law should play a larger role than military action in our counterterrorism policy; instead of waging "war" against terrorism, the United States needs a broader range of policies. Heymann believes that many of the policies adopted since September 11--including trials before military tribunals, secret detentions, and the subcontracting of interrogation to countries where torture is routine--are at odds with American political and legal traditions and create disturbing precedents. Americans should not be expected to accept apparently indefinite infringements on civil liberties and the abandonment of such constitutional principles as separation of powers and the rule of law. Heymann believes that the United States can guard against the continuing threat of terrorism while keeping its traditional democratic values in place.
Author |
: Richard C Leone |
Publisher |
: PublicAffairs |
Total Pages |
: 338 |
Release |
: 2008-08-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780786725540 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0786725540 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis The War On Our Freedoms by : Richard C Leone
In each generation, for different reasons, America witnesses a tug of war between the instinct to suppress and the instinct for openness. Today, with the perception of a mortal threat from terrorists, the instinct to suppress is in the ascendancy. Part of the reason for this is the trauma that our country experienced on September 11, 2001, and part of the reason is that the people who are in charge of our government are inclined to use the suppression of information as a management strategy. Rather than waiting ten or fifteen years to point out what's wrong with the current rush to limit civil liberties in the name of "national security," these essays by top thinkers, scholars, journalists, and historians lift the veil on what is happening and why the implications are dangerous and disturbing and ultimately destructive of American values and ideals. Without our even being aware, the judiciary is being undermined, the press is being intimidated, racial profiling is rampant, and our privacy is being invaded. The "war on our freedoms " is just as real as the "war on terror " -- and, in the end, just as dangerous.
Author |
: Tamar Meisels |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 260 |
Release |
: 2008-09-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015082686430 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Trouble with Terror by : Tamar Meisels
Argues that, regardless of its professed cause, terrorism can never be reconciled with liberal morality.
Author |
: Darren W. Davis |
Publisher |
: Russell Sage Foundation |
Total Pages |
: 293 |
Release |
: 2007-03-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781610441513 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1610441516 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis Negative Liberty by : Darren W. Davis
Did America's democratic convictions "change forever" after the terrorist attacks of September 11? In the wake of 9/11, many pundits predicted that Americans' new and profound anxiety would usher in an era of political acquiescence. Fear, it was claimed, would drive the public to rally around the president and tolerate diminished civil liberties in exchange for security. Political scientist Darren Davis challenges this conventional wisdom in Negative Liberty, revealing a surprising story of how September 11 affected Americans' views on civil liberties and security. Drawing on a unique series of original public opinion surveys conducted in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 and over the subsequent three years, Negative Liberty documents the rapid shifts in Americans' opinions regarding the tradeoff between liberty and security, at a time when the threat of terrorism made the conflict between these values particularly stark. Theories on the psychology of threat predicted that people would cope with threats by focusing on survival and reaffirming their loyalty to their communities, and indeed, Davis found that Americans were initially supportive of government efforts to prevent terrorist attacks by rolling back certain civil liberties. Democrats and independents under a heightened sense of threat became more conservative after 9/11, and trust in government reached its highest level since the Kennedy administration. But while ideological divisions were initially muted, this silence did not represent capitulation on the part of civil libertarians. Subsequent surveys in the years after the attacks revealed that, while citizens' perceptions of threat remained acute, trust in the government declined dramatically in response to the perceived failures of the administration's foreign and domestic security policies. Indeed, those Americans who reported the greatest anxiety about terrorism were the most likely to lose confidence in the government in the years after 2001. As a result, ideological unity proved short lived, and support for civil liberties revived among the public. Negative Liberty demonstrates that, in the absence of faith in government, even extreme threats to national security are not enough to persuade Americans to concede their civil liberties permanently. The September 11 attacks created an unprecedented conflict between liberty and security, testing Americans' devotion to democratic norms. Through lucid analysis of concrete survey data, Negative Liberty sheds light on how citizens of a democracy balance these competing values in a time of crisis.
Author |
: Philip B. Heymann |
Publisher |
: MIT Press (MA) |
Total Pages |
: 216 |
Release |
: 2005 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105114113967 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Synopsis Protecting Liberty in an Age of Terror by : Philip B. Heymann
Since September 11, 2001, much has been said about the difficult balancing act between freedom and security, but few have made specific proposals for how to strike that balance. As the scandals over the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib and the "torture memos" written by legal officials in the Bush administration show, without clear rules in place, things can very easily go very wrong. With this challenge in mind, Philip Heymann and Juliette Kayyem, directors of Harvard's Long-Term Legal Strategy Project for Preserving Security and Democratic Freedoms in the War on Terrorism, take a detailed look at how to handle these competing concerns. Taking into account both the national security viewpoint and the democratic freedoms viewpoint, Heymann and Kayyem consulted experts from across the political spectrum—including Rand Beers, Robert McNamara, and Michael Chertoff (since named Secretary of Homeland Security)—about the thorniest and most profound legal challenges of this new era. Heymann and Kayyem offer specific recommendations for dealing with such questions as whether assassination is ever acceptable, when coercion can be used in interrogation, and when detention is allowable. They emphasize that drawing clear rules to guide government conduct protects the innocent from unreasonable government intrusion and prevents government agents from being made scapegoats later if things go wrong. Their recommendations will be of great interest to legal scholars, legislators, policy professionals, and concerned citizens.
Author |
: A. C. Grayling |
Publisher |
: A&C Black |
Total Pages |
: 341 |
Release |
: 2010-04-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781408810903 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1408810905 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis Liberty in the Age of Terror by : A. C. Grayling
An impassioned defence of the civil liberties and the rule of law in the face of increasing pressure for ever greater 'security' 'A rollicking defence of Freedom and Enlightenment in the style of Tom Paine or William Godwin' Spectator 'The even-handed tone of philosophy professor AC Grayling's latest book does not lessen the intensity of its polemical content ... Grayling underlines the seriousness of today's threats to our liberties' Metro "The means of defence against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home." James Madison Our societies, says Anthony Grayling, are under attack not only from the threat of terrorism, but also from our governments' attempts to fight that threat by reducing freedom in our own societies - think the 42-day detention controversy, CCTV surveillance, increasing invasion of privacy, ID Cards, not to mention Abu Ghraib, rendition, Guantanamo... As Grayling says: 'There should be a special place for political irony in the catalogues of human folly. Starting a war 'to promote freedom and democracy' could in certain though rare circumstances be a justified act; but in the case of the Second Gulf War that began in 2003, which involved reacting to criminals hiding in one country (Al Qaeda in Afghanistan or Pakistan) by invading another country (Iraq), one of the main fronts has, dismayingly, been the home front, where the War on Terror takes the form of a War on Civil Liberties in the spurious name of security. To defend 'freedom and democracy', Western governments attack and diminish freedom and democracy in their own country. By this logic, someone will eventually have to invade the US and UK to restore freedom and democracy to them.' In this lucid and timely book Grayling sets out what's at risk, engages with the arguments for and against examining the cases made by Isaiah Berlin and Ronald Dworkin on the one hand, and Roger Scruton and John Gray on the other, and finally proposes a different way to respond that makes defending the civil liberties on which western society is founded the cornerstone for defeating terrorism.
Author |
: David Cole |
Publisher |
: The New Press |
Total Pages |
: 322 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781565849396 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1565849396 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis Terrorism and the Constitution by : David Cole
Tracing the history of government intrusions on Constitutional rights in response to threats from abroad, Cole and Dempsey warn that a society in which civil liberties are sacrificed in the name of national security is in fact less secure than one in which they are upheld. A new chapter includes a discussion of domestic spying, preventive detention, the many court challenges to post-9/11 abuses, implementation of the Patriot Act, and efforts to reestablish the checks and balances left behind in the rush to strengthen governmental powers.
Author |
: D. Cohen |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 257 |
Release |
: 2004-04-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781403981219 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1403981213 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis American National Security and Civil Liberties in an Era of Terrorism by : D. Cohen
In light of the ongoing war against terrorism, can the United States maintain its dedication to protecting civil liberties without compromising security? At stake is nothing less than the survival of ideas associated with the modern period of political philosophy: the freedom of conscience, the inviolable rights of the individual to privacy, the constitutionally limited state, as well as the more recent refinement of late modern liberalism, multiculturalism. Contributors evaluate the need to reassess the nation's public policies, institutions, as well as its very identity. The struggle to persist as an open society in the age of terrorism will be the defining test of democracy in the Twenty-first-century.