Rights vs. Public Safety after 9/11

America in the Age of Terrorism
Herausgeber: Etzioni, Amitai; Marsh, Jason H.

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Produktbeschreibung

These essays highlight where government will need to expand its authority in the fight against terrorism, where it risks overreaching, and how this might strengthen American society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9780742527553
• ISBN-10: 0742527557
• Artikelnr.: 21349482

Autorenporträt

Amitai Etzioni is university professor and the director of the Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies at The George Washington University. He is the author of 21 books, including, most recently, The Monochrome Society, Next: The Road to the Good Society, and The Limits of Privacy. Professor Etzioni served as senior advisor to the White House from 1979 to 1980 and as president of the American Sociological Association from 1994 to 1995, and founded the International Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics. He is the editor of The Responsive Community, a communitarian quarterly. Jason H. Marsh is a journalist and former managing editor of The Responsive Community.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: Rights and Responsibilities, Post 9/11
Part 2 The Basics
Chapter 3 A Clear and Present Danger
Chapter 4 A Vision for Uniting and Strengthening America
Chapter 5 We Can Strike a Balance on Civil Liberties
Chapter 6 Antiterrorism Tools: A Summary of the USA Patriot Act and the
Order on Military Tribunals
Chapter 7 The Truth About Our Liberties
Part 8 The Specifics
Part 9 Immigration
Chapter 10 A Privilege or a Right?
Chapter 11 Let's Fight Terrorism, Not the Constitution
Chapter 12 Confusing Freedom with License-Licenses Terrorism, Not Freedom
Part 13 Racial Profiling
Chapter 14 Discrimination We're Afraid to Be Against
Chapter 15 A (Potentially) Useful Tool
Part 16 Freedom of the Press vs. National Security
Chapter 17 Military Secrets and the First Amendment
Chapter 18 Patriots and Professionals: Journalists as Responsible Citizens
Part 19 Public Health
Chapter 20 Public Health in the Age of Bioterrorism: A Dialogue
Part 21 A Just War?
Chapter 22 What We're Fighting For: A Letter from America
Chapter 23 This is Not Our War: A Letter from United States Citizens to
Friends in Europe
Part 24 National Service
Chapter 25 Putting Patriotism into Practice
Chapter 26 A New Draft for a New Time
Chapter 27 Citizenship and Sacrifice
Part 28 American Society after September 11
Chapter 29 A Stronger Nation
Chapter 30 The New Public Spirit
Chapter 31 Government to the Rescue
Chapter 32 Index
Chapter 33 About the Contributors