A Better Country: Why America Was Right to Confront Iraq
Author: Arthur Borden
These headlines represent the broad understanding of how critics of the Iraq War claim we arrived at the present reality. But as author Arthur Borden convincingly explains in his new book, A Better Country: Why America was Right to Confront Iraq, the current five-year war can only be properly understood within the context of the last 30 years of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.
In this superb chronicle of the historical events leading up to the 2003 invasion, Borden the former lawyer, guides readers through the emotionally charged public debate while navigating the politics, opposition, and responsibility of the U. S. to address the Iraqi regime. A Better Country reminds us that, stretching back to the presidency of Jimmy Carter and before, there had been a broad consensus over the touchstone issues of Iraq, the Middle East, and the unmentionable reality of oil - until political argument became degraded by charges of betrayal and wholesale deception.
Borden's mastery of the facts and history are so clearly and concisely presented that the general public and foreign relations experts alike will appreciate A Better Country.
A Better Country: Why America was Right to Confront Iraq is an illuminating analysis of the Iraq war and brings a fresh perspective to the current public discourse. As Borden writes, "As the 2008 election approaches, Americans have a civic duty to reassess the war in Iraq." It is a must read for every American citizen who wants to make informed decisions and desires to know the facts behind how we arrived to the place we are today.
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The Oxford Handbook of Political Theory
Author: John S Dryzek
Long recognized as one of the main branches of political science, political theory has in recent years burgeoned in many different directions. Close textual analysis of historical texts sits alongside more analytical work on the nature and normative grounds of political values. Continental and post-modern influences jostle with ones from economics, history, sociology, and the law. Feminist concerns with embodiment make us look at old problems in new ways, and challenges of new technologies open whole new vistas for political theory. This Handbook provides comprehensive and critical coverage of the lively and contested field of political theory, and will help set the agenda for the field for years to come. Forty-five chapters by distinguished political theorists look at the state of the field, where it has been in the recent past, and where it is likely to go in future. They examine political theory's edges as well as its core, the globalizing context of the field, and the challenges presented by social, economic, and technological changes.
Table of Contents:
About the Contributors xiiiIntroduction
Introduction John S. Dryzek Bonnie Honig Anne Phillips 3
Contemporary Currents
Justice After Rawls Richard J. Arneson 45
Power After Foucault Wendy Brown 65
Critical Theory Beyond Habermas William E. Scheuerman 85
Feminist Theory and the Canon of Political Thought Linda Zerilli 106
After the Linguistic Turn: Post-structuralist and Liberal Pragmatist Political Theory Paul Patton 125
The Pluralist Imagination David Schlosberg 142
The Legacy of the Past
Theory in History: Problems of Context and Narrative J. G. A. Pocock 163
The Political Theory of Classical Greece Jill Frank 175
Republican Visions Eric Nelson 193
Modernity and Its Critics Jane Bennett 211
The History of Political Thought as Disciplinary Genre James Farr 225
Political Theory in the World
The Challenge of European Union Richard Bellamy 245
East Asia and the West: The Impact of Confucianism on Anglo-American Political Theory Daniel A. Bell 262
In the Beginning, All the World was America: American Exceptionalism in New Contexts Ronald J. Schmidt, Jr. 281
Changing Interpretations of Modern and Contemporary Islamic Political Theory Roxanne L. Euben 297
State and People
Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law Shannon C. Stimson 317
Emergency Powers John Ferejohn Pasquale Pasquino 333
The People Margaret Canovan 349
Civil Society and the State Simone Chambers Jeffrey Kopstein 363
Democracy and the State Mark E. Warren 382
Democracy and Citizenship: Expanding Domains Michael Saward 400
Justice, Equality, and Freedom
Impartiality Susan Mendus 423
Justice, Luck, and Desert Serena Olsaretti 436
Recognition and Redistribution Patchen Markell 450
Equality and Difference Judith Squires 470
Liberty, Equality, and Property Andrew Williams 488
Historical Injustice Duncan Ivison 507
Pluralism, Multiculturalism, and Nationalism
Nationalism David Miller 529
Multiculturalism and its Critics Jeff Spinner-Halev 546
Identity, Difference, Toleration Anna Elisabetta Galeotti 564
Moral Universalism and Cultural Difference Chandran Kukathas 581
Claims in a Global Context
Human Rights Jack Donnelly 601
From International to Global Justice? Chris Brown 621
Political Secularism Rajeev Bhargava 636
Multiculturalism and Post-colonial Theory Paul Gilroy 656
The Body Politic
Politicizing the Body: Property, Contract, and Rights Moira Gatens 677
New Ways of Thinking about Privacy Beate Roessler 694
New Technologies, Justice, and the Body Cecile Fabre 713
Paranoia and Political Philosophy James M. Glass 729
Testing the Boundaries
Political Theory and Cultural Studies Jodi Dean 751
Political Theory and the Environment John M. Meyer 773
Political Theory and Political Economy Stephen L. Elkin 792
Political Theory and Social Theory Christine Helliwell Barry Hindess 810
Old and New
Then and Now: Participant-Observation in Political Theory William E. Connolly 827
Exile and Re-entry: Political Theory Yesterday and Tomorrow Arlene W. Saxonhouse 844
Index 859
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