Can Intervention Work? (Norton Global Ethics Series) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Can Intervention Work? (Norton Global Ethics Series) write by Rory Stewart. This book was released on 2011-08-15. Can Intervention Work? (Norton Global Ethics Series) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Best-selling author Rory Stewart and political economist Gerald Knaus examine the impact of large-scale interventions, from Bosnia to Afghanistan. “A fresh and critically important perspective on foreign interventions” (Washington Post), Can Intervention Work? distills Rory Stewart’s (author of The Places In Between) and Gerald Knaus’s remarkable firsthand experiences of political and military interventions into a potent examination of what we can and cannot achieve in a new era of nation building. As they delve into the massive, military-driven efforts in Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan, the authors reveal each effort’s enormous consequences for international relations, human rights, and our understanding of state building. Stewart and Knaus parse carefully the philosophies that have informed interventionism—from neoconservative to liberal imperialist—and draw on their diverse experiences in the military, nongovernmental organizations, and the Iraqi provincial government to reveal what we can ultimately expect from large-scale interventions and how they might best realize positive change in the world. Author and columnist Fred Kaplan calls Can Intervention Work? “the most thorough examination of the subject [of intervention] that I’ve read in a while.”
Can Intervention Work?
Can Intervention Work? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Can Intervention Work? write by Rory Stewart. This book was released on 2011-08-15. Can Intervention Work? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Bestselling author Stewart ("The Places In Between") and political economist Knaus examine the impact of large-scale military interventions, from Kosovo to Afghanistan.
Thinking in an Emergency (Norton Global Ethics Series)
Thinking in an Emergency (Norton Global Ethics Series) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Thinking in an Emergency (Norton Global Ethics Series) write by Elaine Scarry. This book was released on 2012-04-09. Thinking in an Emergency (Norton Global Ethics Series) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Award-winning critic Elaine Scarry provides a vital new assessment of leadership during crisis that ensures the protection of democratic values. In Thinking in an Emergency, Elaine Scarry lays bare the realities of “emergency” politics and emphasizes what she sees as the ultimate ethical concern: “equality of survival.” She reveals how regular citizens can reclaim the power to protect one another and our democratic principles. Government leaders sometimes argue that the need for swift national action means there is no time for the population to think, deliberate, or debate. But Scarry shows that clear thinking and rapid action are not in opposition. Examining regions as diverse as Japan, Switzerland, Ethiopia, and Canada, Scarry identifies forms of emergency assistance that represent “thinking” at its most rigorous and remarkable. She draws on the work of philosophers, scientists, and artists to remind us of our ability to assist one another, whether we are called upon to perform acts of rescue as individuals, as members of a neighborhood, or as citizens of a country.
Climate Matters: Ethics in a Warming World (Norton Global Ethics Series)
Climate Matters: Ethics in a Warming World (Norton Global Ethics Series) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Climate Matters: Ethics in a Warming World (Norton Global Ethics Series) write by John Broome. This book was released on 2012-07-23. Climate Matters: Ethics in a Warming World (Norton Global Ethics Series) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A vital new moral perspective on the climate change debate. Esteemed philosopher John Broome avoids the familiar ideological stances on climate change policy and examines the issue through an invigorating new lens. As he considers the moral dimensions of climate change, he reasons clearly through what universal standards of goodness and justice require of us, both as citizens and as governments. His conclusions—some as demanding as they are logical—will challenge and enlighten. Eco-conscious readers may be surprised to hear they have a duty to offset all their carbon emissions, while policy makers will grapple with Broome’s analysis of what if anything is owed to future generations. From the science of greenhouse gases to the intricate logic of cap and trade, Broome reveals how the principles that underlie everyday decision making also provide simple and effective ideas for confronting climate change. Climate Matters is an essential contribution to one of the paramount issues of our time.
Parliament’s Secret War
Parliament’s Secret War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Parliament’s Secret War write by Veronika Fikfak. This book was released on 2018-02-22. Parliament’s Secret War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The invasion of Iraq in 2003, and the Coalition Government's failure to win parliamentary approval for armed intervention in Syria in 2013, mark a period of increased scrutiny of the process by which the UK engages in armed conflict. For much of the media and civil society there now exists a constitutional convention which mandates that the Government consults Parliament before commencing hostilities. This is celebrated as representing a redistribution of power from the executive towards a more legitimate, democratic institution. This book offers a critical inquiry into Parliament's role in the war prerogative since the beginning of the twentieth century, evaluating whether the UK's decisions to engage in conflict meet the recognised standards of good governance: accountability, transparency and participation. The analysis reveals a number of persistent problems in the decision-making process, including Parliament's lack of access to relevant information, government 'legalisation' of parliamentary debates which frustrates broader discussions of political legitimacy, and the skewing of debates via the partial public disclosure of information based upon secret intelligence. The book offers solutions to these problems to reinvigorate parliamentary discourse and to address government withholding of classified information. It is essential reading for anyone interested in war powers, the relationship between international law and domestic politics, and the role of the Westminster Parliament in questions of national security.
