Freedom or Security

Informationen zum Autor MICHAEL FREEMAN is a scholar of terrorism, international relations, and U.S. foreign policy. He has spent several years as a political analyst for the U.S. Government and is currently an independent political risk consultant. Klappentext Several democratic countries have used emergency powers to restrict or suspend individual liberties in order to fight terrorism more effectively. Emergency powers are controversial in their potential to undermine democracy and civil liberties. Freeman challenges popular arguments of both the supporters of emergency powers, who focus on their expected effectiveness, and the critics, who focus on the dangers. In reality, the recent experiences of four different democratic states that have invoked emergency powers show that a positive outcome is just as likely as negative outcome. As the United States fights its war against terrorism, it should heed the lessons learned by other democracies in similar struggles, particularly Great Britain's relationship with Northern Ireland in the 70s and 80s, Uruguay's response to the Tupamaros in the late 60s and early 70s, Canada's dealings with the FLQ in 1970, and Peru's conflict with the Shining Path movement in the 80s and early 90s. Zusammenfassung Michael Freeman uses the recent experiences of four democratic states to challenge popular arguments of both supporters and critics of emergency powers! powers which are controversial in their potential to undermine democracy and civil liberties. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments 1 The Tradeoff of Emergency Powers 2 Explaining the Consequences of Emergency Powers 3 Northern Ireland and the IRA 4 Uruguay and the Tupamaros 5 Canada and the FLQ 6 Peru and the Shining Path 7 The Tradeoff Revisited Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Michael Freeman
• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.2003
• EAN: 9780275979133
• ISBN: 978-0-275-97913-3
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 242 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, International Relations, Comparative Politics, Civil rights & citizenship, Civics and citizenship, Politics, Law, and Government: International Relations