American national security and civil liberties in an era of terrorism / edited by David B. Cohen and John W. Wells.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cohen, David B., 1967-

Wells, John Wilson, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights--United States.

Civil rights.

United States.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Terrorism--United States--Prevention.

Terrorism.

United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

viii, 248 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.

Summary:

In light of the ongoing war against terrorism, can the United States maintain its dedication to protecting civil liberties without compromising security? At stake is nothing less than whether the ideas associated with the modern period of political philosophy, the freedom of conscience, the inviolable rights of the individual to privacy, the constitutionally limited state, as well as the more recent refinement of late modern liberalism, multiculturalism, can survive. Contributors evaluate the need to reassess the nation's public policies, institutions, as well as its very identity. The struggle to persist as an open society in the age of terrorism will be the defining test of democracy in the twenty-first century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1403961999

1403962006

OCLC:

53044936

Online:

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