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- Product code: 273660
- ISBN: 1848130074,
ISBN13: 9781848130074,
286 pages, paperback
Published by Zed Books Ltd in 2008
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Description of Rethinking the 21st Century |
In recent years, the 'Bush Doctrine' - that the security threats we now face are entirely unprecedented - has echoed around the world. Global security and stability is now challenged not only by states and nuclear war, but by insurgency, disease, environmental degradation and military privatisation. Yet this creates a deep sense of disconnect in the way we perceive politics, and can be dangerously stark and ahistorical. The chapters here show that, far from being a clean break, the 'new' problems faced today might actually have 'old' solutions. What can Locke tell us about terrorists? What does Bentham have to say about sanctions? What are the ethics of outsourcing war to private companies? By looking back to decades and even centuries of ethical analysis and political theory, this book provides fascinating insight into all these questions.
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About Amy E. Eckert (Editor) and Laura Sjoberg (Editor) |
Amy E. Eckert is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Metropolitan State College of Denver. She received her JD and her Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Denver. Her current research focuses on the growing privatization of war and just war theory. Her work has appeared in journals including International Studies Quarterly and the Journal of Global Ethics. She is President of the International Studies Association - West and a member of the executive board of the International Ethics section of the International Studies Association.
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