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  • Ethics, Security, and the War Machine

    The True Cost of the Military

    by Ned Dobos ...
    If pacifists are correct in thinking that war is always unjust, then it follows that we ought to eliminate the possibility and temptation of ever engaging in it; we should not build war-making capacity, and if we already have, then demilitarization--or military abolition--would seem to be the appropriate course to take. On the other hand, if war is sometimes justified, as many believe, then it ... Read more

    $17.69 CAD

  • Challenges for Humanitarian Intervention

    Ethical Demand and Political Reality

    Edited by C. A. J. Coady, Ned Dobos, Sagar Sanyal ...
    Ten new essays critique the practice armed humanitarian intervention, and the 'Responsibility to Protect' doctrine that advocates its use under certain circumstances. The contributors investigate the causes and consequences, as well as the uses and abuses, of armed humanitarian intervention. One enduring concern is that such interventions are liable to be employed as a foreign policy instrument by ... Read more

    $73.99 CAD

  • Insurrection and Intervention

    The Two Faces of Sovereignty

    by Ned Dobos ...
    Domestic sovereignty (the right of a government not to be resisted by its people) and international sovereignty (the moral immunity from outside intervention) have both been eroded in recent years, but the former to a much greater extent than the latter. An oppressed people's right to fight for liberal democratic reforms in their own country is treated as axiomatic, as the international responses ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

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  • International Security

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Christopher S. Browning ...
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    The subject of international security is never out of the headlines. The subjects of war and peace, military strategy, the proliferation of nuclear weapons and revisionist states remain central to the discussion, but burgeoning concerns such as climate change, migration, poverty, health, and international terrorism have complicated the field. So what really matters? The traditional prioritization ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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  • Politics in Deeply Divided Societies

    by Adrian Guelke ...
    The establishment of durable, democratic institutions constitutes one of the major challenges of our age. As countless contemporary examples have shown, it requires far more than simply the holding of free elections. The consolidation of a legitimate constitutional order is difficult to achieve in any society, but it is especially problematic in societies with deep social cleavages.This book ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • No-Nonsense Guide to Human Rights

    by Olivia Ball, Paul Gready ...
    Series Book 15 - No-Nonsense Guides
    Our inalienable human rights were enshrined over 50 years ago in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. However, what does that mean to someone who is tortured, denied education or work, or unable to find asylum?This No-Nonsense Guide looks at the theories of rights and universalism. It explores the difficult task of protecting human rights in times of war, the advances in international laws ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Ignatieff's World Updated

    Iggy goes to Ottawa

    by Denis Smith ...
    Federal politics have been transformed by the rapid decline of the Canadian economy and Michael Ignatieff's emergence as the leader of the Liberal party. But when it comes to policy matters, how different is Ignatieff from Stephen Harper?In this book Denis Smith examines Michael Ignatieff 's track record in the US and the UK, as a thinker and public intellectual. In this new edition, Denis Smith ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Humanity's Law

    by Ruti Teitel ...
    In Humanity's Law, renowned legal scholar Ruti Teitel offers a powerful account of one of the central transformations of the post-Cold War era: the profound normative shift in the international legal order from prioritizing state security to protecting human security. As she demonstrates, courts, tribunals, and other international bodies now rely on a humanity-based framework to assess the rights ... Read more

    $35.19 CAD

  • Concepts and Theories of Modern Democracy

    by Anthony H. Birch ...
    This highly acclaimed and popular academic text is now available in a new edition, having been revised and updated to cover the analyses of the use, abuse and ambiguity of many essential concepts used in political discourse and political studies. These include basic concepts such as liberty, democracy, rights, representation, authority and political power.New to this edition are three sections of ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • International Ethics

    Concepts, Theories, and Cases in Global Politics

    by Mark R. Amstutz ...
    Mark Amstutz illustrates the role of moral norms in global politics and the ethical foundation of the rules, institutions, and structures of global society with twenty-six new and revised case studies, including the ethics of climate change, the refugee crisis, and the Syrian civil war. The cases address the following major global issues: human rights, war, unconventional military operations, ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Achieving Human Rights

    by Richard Falk ...
    Richard Falk once again captures our attention with a nuanced analysis of what we need to do - at the personal level as well as state actions - to refocus our pursuit of human rights in a post-9/11 world. From democratic global governance, to the costs of the Iraq War, the preeminent role of the United States in the world order to the role of individual citizens of a globalized world, Falk ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

  • Human Rights Horizons

    The Pursuit of Justice in a Globalizing World

    by Richard A. Falk ...
    In Human Rights Horizons, one of the world's foremost authorities on human rights and international relations maps out the way to a more just and human global society. Borders are being erased; democracy and capitalism are spreading. The world is rapidly changing, and these changes are opening the door for the promotion of human rights to become and integral part of worldwide politics and law.In ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD