Terrorism, Security, and Human Rights: Harnessing the Rule of Law

Monshipouri, Mahmood

ISBN 10: 1588268268 / ISBN 13: 9781588268266

Published by Lynne Rienner, 2012

About this Item

Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine. Ex-library book with stamps on the first page, it is also likely to have a small shelf number sticker on the spine.

Seller Inventory # CHL9515440

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Terrorism, Security, and Human Rights: Harnessing the Rule of Law
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1588268268
• ISBN 13: 9781588268266
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Used; Very Good

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Synopsis

Scholars and policymakers disagree on the most effective way to counter transnational terrorism, generating debate on a range of questions: Do military interventions increase or decrease the recruitment capability of transnational terrorists? Should we privilege diplomacy over military force in the campaign against terror? Can counterterrorist measures be applied without violating human rights? More fundamentally, is it possible to effectively wage a war against terrorism? Grappling with these questions, Mahmood Monshipouri reviews alternative strategies for combating terrorism and makes the case for the continued relevance of international law and diplomacy as measures for severing its roots in the Middle East and elsewhere.

Monshipouri underlines the need to redefine security to include the protection of human rights. In that context, he examines the limits of the use of force, torture, and externally imposed democratization and focuses on the conditions under which alternative counterterrorism tools can be viable. While acknowledging that there is no easy remedy to the tensions between security needs and human rights, he makes a compelling argument that the pursuit of a security template that sacrifices civil liberties is not only morally debilitating, but also politically imprudent.

About the Author

Mahmood Monshipouri is associate professor of international relations at San Francisco State University. His publications include Muslims in Global Politics: Identities, Interests, and Human Rights and Islamism, Secularism, and Human Rights in the Middle East.