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From Kosovo to Kabul and Beyond. Human Rights and International Intervention.
CHANDLER, DAVID. Stock ID: 102066 vii + 290pp, index, bibliography, paperback. 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" offers a disturbing insight into the political implications of a human rights-led foreign policy, and the covert agenda that it conceals. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 102066) ... more |
AU$49.95 |
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The Body Hunters. Testing New Drugs on the World's Poorest Patients.
SHAH, SONIA. Stock ID: 122797 xiii + 242pp, notes, index, paperback. This book uncovers the real-life stories behind le Carre's acclaimed novel 'The Constant Gardener'. "A trenchant expose of a sinister new trend.... meticulously researched and packed with documentary evidence" (Publishers Weekly), Sonia Shah's riveting journalistic account provides an eye-opening look at Big Pharma's unethical and exploitative drug trials in the global South, where many of the world's poorest patients face an impossible choice: be experimented upon or die for lack of medicine. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 122797) ... more |
AU$19.95 WAS AU$34.00 |