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Sociological analysis of the transformation of prohibitions on assassination, torture, and mercenaries as components of the US War on Terror.
Sommario
1. Introduction: Normative Transformation, Prohibitions, and International Politics; 2. A Theory of Normativity; 3. Tracing Normative Transformations; 4. Targeted Killing and Assassination; 5. Case 2: 'Enhanced Interrogation' and the Prohibition on Torture; 6. Private Military and Security Companies and the Prohibition on Mercenaries; 7. Conclusion: Normative Transformation, International Politics, and the World beyond Counterterrorism.
Info autore
Simon Frankel Pratt is a Lecturer in Political Science, in the School of Social and Political Sciences, at the University of Melbourne. His recent articles have appeared in journals including International Theory, International Studies Quarterly, European Journal of International Relations, International Studies Review, and Terrorism and Political Violence.
Riassunto
Pratt uses practice theory and relational sociology to analyse transformations in the prohibition on assassination, torture, and mercenaries during the US War on Terror. This book will interest students and scholars of foreign and defence policy, international relations theory, international security, social theory, and American politics.
Prefazione
Sociological analysis of the transformation of prohibitions on assassination, torture, and mercenaries as components of the US War on Terror.
