State Terrorism and Human Rights - International Responses Since the End of the Cold War

Informationen zum Autor Gillian Duncan is CSTPV Secretary and Editor of the Journal of Terrorism Research in the Schoolof International Relations at University of St Andrews.Orla Lynch is Director of Teaching and Lecturer in Terrorism Studies at the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at University of St Andrews.Gilbert Ramsay is Lecturer at the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews. Alison M. S. Watson is Professor of International Relations at University of St Andrews. Klappentext The contributors to this book analyse the major types of international response to state terror since the Cold War and their outcomes and wider implications for the future of international relations. Zusammenfassung This book aims to improve understanding of the broad trends in the utilisation of political violence by examining the use of state terror in world politics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Dedication Bruce Hoffman Foreword Louise Richardson 1. Introduction Alison Watson 2. Regime Terror as a Political Weapon in Modern History Tim Wilson 3. Concept and Typology of Regime Terror Brian M. Jenkins 4. Trends in the use of Terror by States since the end of the Cold War Neil G. Bowie 5. Obstacles to International Action against State Terror in the post-Cold War international system Peter Lehr & Javier Argomaniz 6. The Case of Saddam Hussein's Terror against the Kurds and the International Response Michael Boyle 7. Indonesian Terror against East Timor separatists and the International Response Brenda and James Lutz 8. Terror in Rwanda in 1994 and the Failure of International Response Richard Chasdi 9. Towards a More Effective International Response to State Terror! based on Democratic Principles and the Protection of Human Rights Conor Gearty 10. Thinking about State Terror: In Conclusion Orla Lynch & Gilbert Ramsay

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• Authors: Gillian Lynch Duncan
• Assisted by: Gillian Duncan (Editor), Duncan Gillian (Editor), Orla Lynch (Editor), Lynch Orla (Editor), Gilbert Ramsay (Editor), Ramsay Gilbert (Editor), Alison M.S. Watson (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.02.2013
• EAN: 9780415629089
• ISBN: 978-0-415-62908-9
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Political Violence
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Relations, International Law, Warfare & defence, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Terrorism, armed struggle, Warfare and defence, Human rights, civil rights, Armed Conflict