From Kosovo to Kabul and Beyond: Human Rights and International Intervention

Author:   David Chandler ,  Edward S. Herman
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Edition:   2nd edition
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9780745325040


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   20 December 2005
Format:   Paperback
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This new and updated edition of David Chandler's acclaimed book takes a critical look at the way in which human rights issues have been brought to the fore in international affairs. The UN and Nato's new policy of interventionism--as shown in Iraq, Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo and East Timor--has been hailed as part of a new 'ethical' approach to foreign policy. David Chandler offers a rigorous critique of this apparently benign shift in international relations to reveal the worrying political implications of a new human rights discourse. He asks why the West can now prioritise the rights of individuals over the traditional rights of state sovereignty, and why this shift has happened so quickly. Charting the development of a human rights-based foreign policy, he considers the theoretical problems of defining human rights and sets this within the changing framework of international law. Meticulous and compelling, From Kosovo to Kabul and Beyond offers a disturbing insight into the political implications of a human rights-led foreign policy, and the covert agenda that it conceals.

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Author:   David Chandler ,  Edward S. Herman
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.392kg
ISBN:  

9780745325040


ISBN 10:   0745325041
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   20 December 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: 'The Idea of the Age' 2. Human Rights-Based 'Humanitarianism' 3. The Attraction of Ethical Foreign Policy 4. The Limits of Human Rights Theory 5. International Law and the Challenge of Human Rights 6. War: The Lesser of Two Evils 7. The Retreat from Political Equality 8. Conclusion: Humanism or Human Rights Afterword to new edition References and Select Bibliography Index

Reviews

Chandler deftly unpicks the hypocrisy and double standards behind our 'ethical' bombing in the Balkans and Asia. -- Independent That the human rights rationale for interventionism is a genuine menace to human rights and to democracy is convincingly demonstrated in this fine book. -- Edward S. Herman David Chandler has emerged in recent years as one of Britain's foremost critics of the hypocrisy of human rights. -- The Spectator Chandler's book is thorough and relentless in its critique of human rights consensus. -- Spiked


'That the human rights rationale for interventionism is a genuine menace to human rights and to democracy is convincingly demonstrated in this fine book.' Edward S. Herman 'Chandler deftly unpicks the hypocrisy and double standards behind our ethical bombing in the balkans and Asia.' Independent 'David Chandler has emerged in recent years as one of Britain's foremost critics of the hypocrisy of human rights.' The Spectator


Author Information

David Chandler is Professor of International Relations, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster. He has written widely on democracy, human rights and international relations and is the author of Hollow Hegemony (Pluto, 2009), Empire in Denial (Pluto, 2006), From Kosovo to Kabul and Beyond (Pluto, 2005) and Bosnia (Pluto, 2000).

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