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Title:

Human rights in the 21st century : continuity and change since 9/11 / edited by Michael Goodhart and Anja Mihr.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

xiv, 308 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Human rights.
International relations.
Terrorism--Prevention.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General

Other Authors:

Goodhart, Michael E., 1969-
Mihr, Anja, 1969-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-299) and index.

Contents:

Business as a new actor in the human rights regime / Michael Goodhart and Anja Mihr. 13. Perspectives: 1. International human rights since 9/11: more continuity than change / Jack Donnelly; 2. Why human rights will prevail in the War on Terror / Morton Winston; 3. The War on Terror through a feminist lens / Julie Mertus and Tazreena Sajjad -- Part II. Human Rights Discourses: 4. Reverting to form: American exceptionalism and international human rights / Michael Goodhart; 5. Contintuity and change in the Russian Federation's human rights policies in the fight against terror / Luri Mälksoo -- Part III. Change? Transatlantic Responses to 9/11: 6. The high price of American exceptionalism: comparing torture by the United States and Europe after 9/11 / Jamie Mayerfeld; 7. Europe's human rights regime after 9/11: human rights versus terrorism / Anja Mihr; 8. Terror blacklists on trial: smart sanctions challenged by human rights / Patricia Schneider; 9. Human rights and counterterrorism: the case of the Netherlands / Peter R. Baehr; 10. Caught in the storm: middle powers as barometers for the west's changing attitudes towards security and human rights after 9/11 / Yan St. Pierre -- Part IV. Continuity? Global Trends: 11. Transnational NGOs and human rights in a post 9/11 world / Hans Peter Schmitz; 12. Disaggregating the effects of 9/11 on NGOs / Lena Barrett; 13. Business as a new actor in the human rights regime / Brigitte Hamm -- Conclusion / Michael Goodhart and Anja Mihr.

Summary:

"This is the first book to offer a systematic analysis of human rights in the 21st century. The chapters, written from diverse methodological perspectives, provide rich and varied insights on vital questions concerning the resiliency, weaknesses, and prospects of human rights today"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0230280994 (hardback)
9780230280991 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)682892244

LCCN:

2011001481

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)