U.s. Human Rights Conduct and International Legitimacy - The Constrained Hegemony of George W. Bush

Was the Bush administration was successful in legitimating its preferences with habeas corpus, torture, and extraordinary rendition? As American transforms in the post-Bush era, scholars have begun to assess the post-9/11 period in American foreign and domestic policy, asking difficult questions regarding torture and human rights.  

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Norms and Legitimacy in International Security 3. Torture 4. Habeas Corpus 5. Rendition 6. Conclusion Bibliography

About the author

Vincent Charles Keating is a Lecturer in International Relations at Durham University, UK.

Summary

Was the Bush administration was successful in legitimating its preferences with habeas corpus, torture, and extraordinary rendition? As American transforms in the post-Bush era, scholars have begun to assess the post-9/11 period in American foreign and domestic policy, asking difficult questions regarding torture and human rights.

Additional text

"An excellent study of the Bush administration's attempts to legitimize changes to human rights norms in the international system after 9/11, and, crucially, the limits of its ability to do so." Andrew J. Priest, Lecturer, University of Essex, UK

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"An excellent study of the Bush administration's attempts to legitimize changes to human rights norms in the international system after 9/11, and, crucially, the limits of its ability to do so." Andrew J. Priest, Lecturer, University of Essex, UK

Product details

• Authors: V Keating, V. Keating
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.02.2014
• EAN: 9781349472925
• ISBN: 978-1-349-47292-5
• No. of pages: 247
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; B, Europe, European Politics, Human Rights, Political Science, Criminology, International Relations, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Comparative Politics, Social Justice, Crime & criminology, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Palgrave Intern. Relations & Development Collection, Europe—Politics and government, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, hegemony;human rights;Policy