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'Understanding the Gap between the Promise and the Reality of “The Responsibility to Protect”', in Phillip Cunliffe (ed.) Critical Perspectives on the Responsibility to Protect (London: Routledge, 2010).
'Evading the Challenge: The Limits of Global Activism', in Thomas Olesen (ed.) Power and Transnational Activism (London: Routledge, 2010).
‘The Liberal Peace – Statebuilding, Democracy and Local Ownership’, in Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh (ed.) Critiques of Liberal Peace in Practice (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2010).
Introduction’ (with Nik Hynek) in David Chandler and Nik Hynek (eds) Critical Approaches to Human Security: Rethinking Discourses of Emancipation and Power in International Relations (London: Routledge, 2010).
‘Rethinking Global Discourses of Security’, in David Chandler and Nik Hynek (eds) Critical Approaches to Human Security: Rethinking Discourses of Emancipation and Power in International Relations (London: Routledge, 2010).
2009
'Radicalism and the Demand for Global Politics'
in Jon Pugh (ed.) What is Radical Politics Today (London: Routledge, 2009), pp.77-84. ISBN 978-0-230-23626-4
Reviews: Jonathan Pugh gathers some of the most innovative and insightful voices from Britain and beyond to stage a series of debates on the central issues facing radical politics today.  This collection is a model for the kinds of discussion we need to move forward. - Michael Hardt, Duke University; With impeccable timing, this volume provides a stimulating range of perspectives on what radical politics can offer during this period of crisis and change. It deserves to be widely read and debated. - Ruth Lister, Professor of Social Policy, Loughborough University, UK; At a time when all ideologies are either exhausted or have become irrelevant, the need for a truly radical politics can hardly be exaggerated. Radical politics is about rethinking the common sense, the taken for granted assumptions, of the age. This timely and well-planned collection of essays by distinguished and concerned scholars throws much new light on where we should be looking for new ideas. It represents a major contribution to the ongoing debate on the problems of our times. - Lord Bhikhu Parek
'Global Civil Society'
in G. Honor Fagan and Ronaldo Munck (eds) Globalization and Security An Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, Social and Cultural Aspects (Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2009), pp. 177-194. ISBN 978-0-275-99692-5
Book synopsis: Globalization - the interconnections between national economies, cultures, and governments - has rapidly transformed human perspectives on the world in which we live. It has been a rapidly developing process and since 9/11, nations have increasingly focused on working together to establish collective global security. This work addresses the current need for an authoritative but accessible overview of the impact of globalization on security and its multifaceted aspects. Broad in scope, this two-volume set addresses the economic and political aspects of globalization as well as its social and cultural impacts. More important, it is the first work to focus explicitly on security, including human security broadly conceived, and the role that globalization plays in the world's new and ever-evolving security environment.
'EU Statebuilding: Securing the Liberal Peace through EU Enlargement'
in Roger Mac Ginty and Oliver Richmond (eds) The Liberal Peace and Post-war Reconstruction (London: Routledge, 2009), pp.103-117. ISBN 978-0-415-48926-3
Book synopsis: The post-Cold War has witnessed enormous levels of western peacekeeping, peacemaking and reconstruction intervention in societies emerging from war. These western-led interventions are often called ‘liberal peacebuilding’ or ‘liberal interventionism’, or statebuilding, and have attracted considerable controversy. In this study, leading proponents and critics of the liberal peace and contemporary post-war reconstruction assess the role of the United States, European Union and other actors in the promotion of the liberal peace, and of peace more generally. Key issues, including transitional justice and the acceptance/rejection of the liberal peace in African states are also considered. The failings of the liberal peace (most notably in Iraq and Afghanistan, but also in other locations) have prompted a growing body of critical literature on the motivations, mechanics and consequences of the liberal peace. This volume brings together key protagonists from both sides of the debate to produce a cutting edge, state of the art discussion of one the main trends in contemporary international relations. This book was originally published as a special issue of Global Society.
‘The Limits of Post-Territorial Political Community: From the Cosmopolitan Politics of Global Civil Society to the Biopolitics of the Mulititude’
in Gideon Baker and Jens Bartelson (eds) The Future of Political Community (London: Routledge/ ECPR Studies in European Political Science, 2009), pp.112-126. ISBN 978-0-415-46820-6
Books synopsis: This book explores the alternative futures of political community and moves beyond the critique of what is wrong with existing, state-based forms of political community. It does so not with the defence of a particular normative model of political community in mind, but rather in the quest for new ways of thinking about political community itself. Exploring how the political must be rethought in the twenty-first century and beyond, this book is divided into three parts: Part I focuses on the core problem that, despite the obvious need to rethink political community ‘beyond’ the nation state, our conceptual language is still thoroughly shaped by modernity, its prioritisation of the state and sovereignty, and its assumption of unifying progress in history. Part II focuses on postmodern political community, these chapters take up the calls made above for new thinking about political community that goes ‘beyond’ modern conceptions. Part III turns to the question of the emergence and decline of new forms of political community. The purpose of this section is to consider how the transformation of political community occurs in practice, and what the primary driver of this change is globally, locally and historically. This book will be of strong interest to students and scholars of International Relations, Political and Social Theory.
‘Balkan Devlet İnşasi: Yönetim Değil, Yönetişim’ (trans Ayse Merve Kamaci) / ‘Balkan Statebuilding: Governance but not Government’
in Caner Sancakter (ed.) Uluslararasi Balkan Kongresi: Balkan Milletleri Arasi Etkileşim 24-25 Nisan 2008/ International Balkan Congress; Interaction Among the Balkan Nations 24-25 April 2008 Tekirdağ (Istanbul: Tasam Yayinlari), pp.129-154 / pp.155-179. ISBN 975-6285-43-5
'Great Power Responsibility and "Failed States": Strengthening Sovereignty?'
in Julia Raue and Patrick Sutter (eds) Facets and Practices of State Building (Amsterdam: Brill/Martinus Nijhoff, 2009), pp.15-30. ISBN 978-90-04-17430-0
Book Synopsis: Drawing on a mix of international academic and field expert work, this book presents and analyses contemporary state-building efforts. It offers studies on the theoretical and practical foundations and causes of state-building, identifies the role and responsibilities of key actors and points to vital issues which merit specific attention in state-building undertakings. The book offers lessons for the future of state-building relevant to both practitioners and the academic community.
'Ideological (Mis)Use of Human Rights', View draft
in Michael Goodhart (ed.) Human Rights: Politics and Practice (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009), pp.109-125. ISBN 978-0-19-954084-6
Book Synopsis: Human Rights: Politics and Practice is the first comprehensive textbook for politics students. It offers an unparalleled breadth and depth of coverage, with 20 chapters written by international experts. Seven chapters introduce the main theoretical issues and challenges in the study of human rights as a political phenomenon, addressing normative foundations, international law, measurement,  international relations, comparative politics, sociological and anthropological approaches, and the ideological (mis)use of human rights. Thirteen thematic chapters then offer detailed analysis and case studies of key issues in the politics and practice of human rights, such as economic globalization, genocide, the environment, and humanitarian intervention. These chapters allow students to deepen their theoretical understanding while learning about important contemporary developments. The book is accompanied by an extensive Online Resource Centre, enhancing student learning and providing valuable support for lecturers. For Students: Monthly updates Links to key documents Web links Flashcard glossary For Lecturers: Test Bank PowerPoint slides.
'Introduction: Beyond Managing Contradictions' View draft
in David Chandler (ed.) Statebuilding and Intervention: Policies, Practices and Paradigms (London: Routledge, 2009), pp.1-14. ISBN 978-0-415-45204-5
Book Synopsis: This edited book sets out and engages with some of the key policies, practices and paradigms of external intervention in the case of state support and reconstruction. Many assumptions about statebuilding have been reconsidered in the wake of Iraq, and ongoing problems in other states such as Afghanistan, Bosnia and Kosovo. Rather than being a regional survey or a policy-orientated ‘lessons learned’ book, this collection explores the broader framing of policy goals, statebuilding practices and the consensus on the need for Western states and international institutions to be engaged in this policy area. The volume is divided into three parts: the first engages with some of the key policy frameworks and conceptual issues raised by recent statebuilding interventions; the second considers core statebuilding practices; and the third reconsiders statebuilding paradigms more broadly. The essays open up debate and critical discussion in the field at a time when many advocates of extending statebuilding intervention suggest that the complex nature of the problems of non-Western states and societies mean that it will inevitably be contradictory and limited in its results.
2008
'Post-Conflict Statebuilding: Governance without Government' View draft
in Michael Pugh, Neil Cooper and Mandy Turner (eds) Whose Peace? Critical Perspectives on the Political Economy of Peacebuilding (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2008), pp.337-355. ISBN 978-0-230-57335-2
Book Synopsis: This book examines the much-neglected question of what constitutes a political economy of peace after civil conflicts and who controls it.The advent of the UN's Peacebuilding Commission signals a growing international interest in reconstruction during and after conflict. It is original in that it tackles the question of wha t constitutes a political economy of peace. Currently, how it might be constructed is either assumed to be self-evident and unproblematic or simply ignored. It examines key cross-cutting issues, themes and cases that will provide a more holistic and comprehensive approach to peacebuilding. It provides critical perspectives on peacebuilding that reach beyond the technicist approach of international financial institutions and the liberal peace formulae of cadres of international capital.The book provides critical perspectives that reach beyond the technical approaches of international financial institutions and proponents of the liberal peace formula. It investigates political economies characterized by the legacies of disruption to production and exchange, by population displacement, poverty, and by 'criminality'.
'The EU’s Promotion of Democracy in the Balkans'
in Zaki Laïdi (ed.) EU Foreign Policy in a Globalized World: Normative Power and Social Preferences (London: Routledge, 2008), pp.68-82. ISBN 978-0-415-43363-1
Book Synopsis:
Written by leading experts in the field, this volume identifies European collective preferences and analyzes to what extent these preferences inform and shape EU foreign policy and are shared by other actors in the international system. While studies of the EU's foreign policy are not new, this book takes a very different tack from previous research. Specifically it leaves aside the  institutional and bureaucratic dimensions of the European Union's behaviour as an international actor in order to concentrate on the meanings and outcomes of its foreign policy taken in the broadest sense. Two outcomes are possible: Either Europe succeeds in imposing a norms-based international system and thus, in this case, its soft power capacity will not only have been demonstrated but will be enhanced Or, on the contrary, it does not succeed and the global system will become one where realpolitik reigns; especially once China, India and Russia attain a preponderant influence on the international scene. "EU Foreign Policy in a Globalized World" will be of interest to students and scholars of European Union politics, foreign policy and politics and international relations in general.
2007
'The Politics of Post-Territorial "Community"'
in Space and Time in World Politics and International Relations: Material from the Fourth Congress of the Russian International Studies Association, Moscow MGIMO University, Vol.2 'Identity and Sovereignty: New Approaches' (Moscow: RISA, 2007), pp.9-22. ISBN 978-5-9228-0296-3
'Deconstructing Sovereignty, Constructing Global Civil Society'
in C. J. Bickerton, P. Cunliffe and A. Gourevitch (eds) Politics Without Sovereignty: A Critique of Contemporary International Relations (London: UCL Press, 2007), pp.150-167. ISBN 978-0-415-41807-2
Book Synopsis: State sovereignty is under siege. The classical doctrine of sovereignty is widely seen as totalitarian, producing external aggression and internal repression. Political leaders and opinion-makers throughout the world claim that the sovereign state is a barrier to efficient global governance and the protection of human rights. Scholars from a variety of different approaches - realist, liberal, constructivist and post-structuralist - dispute the idea of a final authority in politics. Politics without Sovereignty challenges this 'unholy alliance' against sovereignty.  Two central claims are advanced in this book. First, that the sovereign state is being undermined not by the pressures of globalization but by a diminished sense of political possibility. Second, the book demonstrates that those who deny the relevance of sovereignty have failed to offer superior alternatives to the sovereign state. Sovereignty remains the best institution to establish clear lines of political authority and accountability. It preserves the idea that people shape collectively their own destiny. The authors claim that this positive idea of sovereignty as self-determination remains integral to politics both at the domestic and international levels. This key text will be of great interest to students and scholars of Political Science, International Relations, Security Studies, International Law, Development and European Studies.
'The State-Building Dilemma: Good Governance or Democratic Government?'
in A. Hehir and N. Robinson (eds) Building States in International Politics (London: Routledge, 2007), pp.70-88. ISBN 978-0-415-39435-2
Book synopsis: This book presents a penetrating new examination of state building in international politics, drawing on case studies of key examples, including Afghanistan, Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Rwanda. However, this new book does not simply provide case histories. It looks at the key themes of international state-building efforts, such as the relationship between governance and democracy and the problems of ethnic relations. It also brings together a diverse range of experts to provide a well-rounded discussion of state building in the modern era. The reader is presented with a clear explanation of why the issue of state failure has emerged as a central element in post-Cold War international relations. This volume shows why the primacy of sovereign inviolability has been challenged by both the international ascendancy of human rights and by incidents of state collapse. Following incidents where states have been the subject of humanitarian interventions, such as in Kosovo and Afghanistan, or when states have recently emerged from the disintegration of old states, as in Bosnia and East Timor, this is an excellent assessment of why the international community, either collectively or individually, have been compelled to take on the role of transitional administrators during state building.
Book synopsis: This new volume moves beyond the limits of current debate to show how today's foreign policy is increasingly about values rather than interests and why ethics are now playing a central role. Rather than counterposing interests and ethics, trying to find 'hidden agendas'  or emphasizing the double-standards at play in ethical foreign policy, this book brings together leading international theorists, and a variety of stimulating approaches, to develop a critical understanding of the rise of ethical foreign policy, and to analyze the limits of ethical policy-making on its own terms. They deal with the limits of 'ethical foreign policy' both in the light of the internal dynamic of these policies themselves, and with regard to the often unintended consequences of policies designed to better the world. This book also shows how the transformation of both the domestic and the international spheres of politics means that ethics has become a rallying point for non-state actors and experts who gather around values and norms in order to force institutions to justify their behavior. This process results from different structural changes and the transformation of the international system, the individualization of Western societies and the growing importance of expertise in the justification of decisions in risk adverse societies. It leads to a transformation of norms and to a redefinition of a global ethical framework that needs to be clarified. This book will be of great interest to all students and researchers of foreign policy formation, politics and international relations.
2006
'The EU and Bosnia after Dayton: the Reform of International Policy towards Bosnia'
in Giovanna Bono (ed.) The impact of 11 September 2001 and the 'War on Terror' on European Foreign and Security Policy (Brussels: Politeia/VUB Press, 2006), pp.177-202. ISBN 90-5487-398-1
Book Synopsis: The contributors to this book argue that the events of 9/11 and the ‘war on terror’ are having a significant transformative impact on European Foreign and Security Policy.
This is demonstrated through an analysis of changes in the attitudes of EU officials and politicians towards the laws and norms governing the use of force and through an analysis of changes in strategies towards the Balkans, sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and the United States. The impact of the ‘war on terror’ on EU military affairs  is highlighted.
It is argued that since 9/11 there has been a widening, deepening, and ‘securitisation’ of European Foreign and Security Policy. The widening is reflected in a broader EU commitment to crisis management and postwar reconstruction at the global level, which at times takes the form of ‘state building’. The deepening is represented by the emergence of groups of EU countries, so called ‘vanguards’, leading in foreign and security policy issues and in EU military affairs. For the first time in its history, the EU Council has also endorsed a notion of threats that is contributing to a process of ‘securitisation’ of aspects of EU internal and external policies.
Giovanna Bono is a Senior Associate Fellow in European Foreign and Security Policy at the Institute for European Studies of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
'Taking Human Rights to its Limits or Why We Need a Critical Review'
in M. Brosig (ed.) Human Rights in Europe: A Fragmented Regime? (Hanover: Ibidem Verlag, 2006), pp.275-304. ISBN 3-631-54458-8
Book Synopsis: The book represents an insight into current human rights developments in Europe and gives an overview of the complex, juridical and political dimensions. The contemporary development and institutionalisation of European human rights norms takes place within the structures of the European Union, OSCE, Council of Europe and a multilayered court system. Chapter II «European Organisations and Human Rights» delivers an up to date introduction into the organisation's different approaches to human rights. Geographically the volume has a strong focus  on human rights developments in Central Eastern and South Eastern Europe. Russia and Turkey are challenging cases for European human rights organisations and are dealt with in separate articles. The issue of minority rights protection forms another challenge for many Central and Eastern European Countries. The protection of Roma people is only one pressing example. Finally the book devotes a whole chapter to the EU's external relations and human rights. The volume closes with a chapter written by David Chandler who reminds us of the limits of the human rights conception. |
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Contents: Malte Brosig: Human Rights in Europe: An Introduction - Karen Schlüter: The Council of Europe, the Standard-setter - Hartmut Aden: Human rights before the courts: Concurrence or complementary protection by the European Court of Human Rights, the European Court of Justice and by national constitutional courts? - Katarzyna Cuadrat-Grzybowska: The Protection of Fundamental Rights in the European Union - selected aspects - Justus Schönlau: Courts, Charters and Conventions: The Institutionalisation of Human Rights Protection in the European Union - Jens Narten: The Human Dimension: The OSCE's Approach to Human Rights - Carmen Thiele: Minority Rights in Europe: an introduction into a fragmented regime - Malte Brosig: Diffusing Fragmented Human Rights Standards: Minority Rights in Estonia - Eben Friedman: Minority Rights in Europe: Roms in Slovakia and the Czech Republic - Claudia Mahler/Anja Mihr/Reetta Toivanen: Teaching Human Rights in Europe and its role for minority movements - Wolfgang S. Heinz: EU External Relations and Human Rights - Regina Heller: 'Exporting' values: Tracing the EU's human rights policy towards Russia - Birsen Erdogan: Turkeys compliance with EU Human Rights Norms - Harald Schenker: Macedonia - The Imperative of Success - Katina Boncheva: The European Union and Human Rights in Bulgaria - David Chandler: Taking Human Rights to its Limits or Why We Need a Critical Review. |
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'Human Rights and Human Wrongs: National Identity and 'Ethical Foreign Policy'
in N. Yuval-Davis, K. Kannabiran and U. M. Vieten (eds) The Situated Politics of Belonging (London: Sage, 2006), pp.161-175. ISBN 1-4129-2101-5
Book synopsis: This sweeping collection of essays examines the racialized and ge ndered effects of contemporary politics of belonging, issues which lie at the heart of contemporary political and social lives. It encompasses critical questions of identity and citizenship, inclusion and exclusion, emotional attachments, violent conflicts and local/global relationships. The range - geographically, thematically and theoretically - covered by the chapters reflects current concerns in the world today. A timely contribution to the ongoing debates in the field, it will be a valuable companion to scholars working in the areas of multiculturalism, globalisation and culture, race and ethnic studies, gender studies and studies of post-partition societies.
'The Bureaucratic Gaze of International Human Rights Law'
in S. Meckled-Garcia and B. Cali (eds) The Legalization of Human Rights: Multidisciplinary Perspectives (London: Routledge, 2006), pp.117-133. ISBN 0-415-36123-0
Book synopsis: This study starts from a provocative new premise: the relationship between human rights and their legal expression is far from straightforward and urgently needs a sharp re-examination. The concept of 'human rights' as a universal goal is at the centre of the international stage. It is now a key part in discourse, treaties and in domestic jurisdictions. H owever, as this study shows, the debate around this development is actually about human rights law. This text scrutinizes the extent to which legalization shapes the human rights ideal, and surveys its ethical, political and practical repercussions. How does the law influence what we think about rights? What more is there to such rights than their legal protection? These expert contributors approach these questions from a range of perspectives: political theory/moral theory, anthropology, sociology, international law, international politics and political science, to deliver a diversity of methodologies. This book is essential reading for those wishing to develop a clear understanding of the relationship between human rights ideals and laws and for those working toward the fostering of a genuine human rights culture.
in David Chandler (ed.) Peace without Politics? Ten Years of International State-Building in Bosnia (London: Routledge, 2006), pp.30-43. ISBN 0-415-34822-6
Book synopsis: Ten years on from the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement in November 1995, the legacy of the Bosnian war still shapes every aspect of the political, social and economic environment of the tiny state. This state of affairs is highlighted by the fact that Bosnia is still under international control, with the Office of the International High Representative regularly using its powers to dismiss elected presidents, prime-ministers and MPs and to impose legislation over the resistance of elected legislatures at national, regional and local level. What has changed in the ten years since Dayton? Is international regulation helping to establish a sustainable peace in Bosnia? What lessons can be learned for nation-building in Bosnia? This volume was previously published as a special issue of the leading journal International Peacekeeping.
2005
'Undermining Politics: The International Fight against Corruption in Bosnia-Herzegovina'
in F. Bieber and C. Wieland (eds) Facing the Past, Facing the Future: Confronting Ethnicity and Conflict in Bosnia and Former Yugoslavia (Ravenna, Italy: Angelo Longa Editore/ University of Bologna, 2005), pp.131-150. ISBN 88-8063-464-X
C. Wieland, Introduction - C. Wieland, Demolishing the myth of homogeneous "ethnic" blocks. Bosnia in comparative perspective. part one - facing the past: S. Šelo Šabic, Post-War State Building: Germany in 1945 and Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1995 - B. Bijelic, Balkans, Stereotypes, Violence and Responsibility - E.D. Gordy, What does it  mean to break with the past? part two - ethnic conflict from a distance - a misunderstanding?: C. O’Sullivan, Observations on the U.S. News Media and the Resolution of Ethnic Conflict: its Influence on Public Opinion and the Process of Peace-Building - M. Vandiver, Teaching Students in the United States about Genocide in Bosnia: Challenges and Possiblitie. part three - facing the future: D. Chandler, Undermining Politics: The International Fight against Corruption in Bosnia-Herzegovina - F. Bieber, Power Sharing, Political Representation and Group Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
'The Responsibility to Protect: Imposing the "Liberal Peace"?',
in A. J. Bellamy and P. Williams (eds) Peace Operations and Global Order (London: Taylor and Francis, 2005), pp.59-82. ISBN 0-7146-5731-X
Book Synopsis Peacekeeping in Global Politics investigates the changing role of peacekeeping and competing perspectives about what that role should be. It begins by addressing broad issues connected with the transition from a Westphalian international society, the ethical and legal dilemmas provoked by armed intervention and the alternative ways of conceptualising the role that peacekeeping plays. It goes on to critically chart the development of  'traditional' peacekeeping before outlining how the role of force in peacekeeping operations has changed and the close links between peacekeeping, conflict prevention and conflict resolution. The final part of the volume focuses specifically on globalization and the effects it has had on peacekeeping practices. In particular, it focuses on the changing conflict environment, the growing tendency towards subcontracting peacekeeping duties and the development of regional peacekeeping capabilities. Overall, this volume makes two contributions to the way we think about peackeeping: first, it demonstrates that the theory and practice of peacekeeping is embedded in global politics and second it shows that there is an ongoing debate about what peacekeeping is for.
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'Constructing Global Civil Society'
in G. Baker and D. Chandler (eds), Global Civil Society: Contested Futures (London: Routledge, 2005), pp.149-70. ISBN 0-415-35480-3.
Book synopsis For many commentators, global civil society is revolutionising our approach to global politics, as new non-state-based and border-free expressions of  political community challenge territorial sovereignty as the exclusive basis for political community and identity. This challenge 'from below' to the nation-state system is increasingly seen as promising nothing less than a reconstruction, or a re-imagination, of world politics itself. Whether in terms of the democratisation of the institutions of global governance, the spread of human rights across the world, or the emergence of a global citizenry in a world-wide public sphere, global civil society is understood by many to provide the agency necessary to these hoped-for transformations. Global Civil Society asks whether this idea is such a qualitatively new phenomenon after all; whether the transformation of the states' system is actually within its reach; and what some of its drawbacks might be. This collection brings together and clarifies emerging positions on global civil society and the key points of overlap and disagreement between them. The authors explore and critically evaluate a variety of perspectives: the cosmopolitan vision; the view of global civil society as transnational movements advocating a growing moralisation of world politics; the neo-Gramscian approach and the more sceptical views, advancing new possibilities for understanding the role of non-state actors in global politics. This book brings together for the first time the whole range of established and alternative voices on global civil society, both congratulatory and critical, to set a marker for the state of the debate about global civil society today. Many of the authors provide new perspectives on what global civil society means today. This book will prove invaluable for students and researchers in the fields of International Politics, Democratization and Civil Society.
2004
'"Good Governance" Can Make Bad Government: A Study of International Anti-Corruption Initiatives in Bosnia-Herzegovina'
Book synopsis This collection aims to critically examine the new global policy of 'Good Governance'. This catchphrase of aid policy and development thinking has been the subject of too little analysis to date. This book will redress the balance.
'Democratization in Bosnia: The Limits of Civil Society Building Strategies',
in P. Burnell and P. Calvert (eds) Civil Society in Democratization (London: Taylor & Francis, 2004), pp.225-249. ISBN 0-7146-8474-0
Book synopsis  This title brings together competing theories of civil society with critical studies of the role of civil society in diverse situations and the way in which it has been promoted as the key to democratization. The combination of contemporary theory and practical applications provides valuable reading for students of civil society and contemporary social and political change, and its policy implications for Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.
in H. Mollett (ed) Europe in the World: Essays on EU Foreign, Security and Development Policies (London: British Overseas NGOs for Development [BOND], 2003), pp.87-93.
'Governance: the Unequal Partnership',
in W. van Meurs (ed.) South Eastern Europe: Weak States and Strong International Support, Prospects and Risks Beyond EU Enlargement, Vol. 2 (Opladen: Leske and Budrich/ Bertelsmann Foundation, 2003), pp.79-98. ISBN 3-8100-3864-4.
in D. Archibugi (ed.) Debating Cosmopolitics (London: Verso, 2003), pp.27-39. ISBN 1-85984-437-5
Book synopsis Cosmopolitics, the concept of a world politics based on shared democratic values, is in an increasingly fragile state. While Western d  emocracies insist ever more vehemently upon a maintenance of their privileges - freedom of speech, security, wealth - an increasing number of the world's inhabitants are under threat of poverty, famine and war. What is needed, the writers here-suggest is, a deliberate decision to extend the principles and values of democracy to the sphere of international relations. Recent experience does not bode well, but their arguments, which range from reform of the United Nations, reduction of military weapons, additional power for international judiciary institutions and an increase in aid to developing countries, urge new and inspired action.
2002
'Introduction', and 'The Limits of Human Rights and Cosmopolitan Citizenship',
in D. Chandler (ed.) Rethinking Human Rights (London: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2002), pp.115-135. ISBN 0-333-97716-5
Book synopsis Rethinking Human Rights brings together a team of authors from fields a s diverse as political theory, peace studies, international law and media studies concerned with a new international agenda of human rights promotion. The collection presents an original and tightly argued critique of current trends and deals with a range of questions concerning the implication of human rights approaches for humanitarian aid, state sovereignty, international law, democracy and political autonomy.
'Protecting the Global Citizen?',
in Mut zur Ethik (eds) Grundrechte, Rechtsstaatlichkeit und Völkerrecht versus Krieg (Zurich: Verlag Menschenkenntnis, 2002), pp.385-392. ISBN 3-906989-55-0
in G. Dempsey (ed.) Exiting the Balkan Thicket? Policy Options for the New Administration (Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute, 2002), pp.33-47. ISBN 1-930865-17-1
Book synopsis
Since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, American policymakers have been forced to reassess their priorities and consider longer-term  and more flexible strategies for meeting unexpected contingencies in the post-Cold War world. Currently, the United States is the only competent Western power at the most intense and technologically sophisticated end of military operations and the expected hand-holder of its European allies at the most basic peacekeeping end. Exiting the Balkan Thicket reviews the West's experiences in Bosnia and Kosovo and provides recommendations on how the United States can move beyond the status quo and forge a better balanced and more forward-looking security relationship with its European allies.
Featuring chapters by Ted Galen Carpenter, vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute; David Chandler, research fellow with the Policy Research Institute at Leeds Metropolitan University; Robert M. Hayden, director of the Center for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pittsburgh; John C. Hulsman, senior European analyst at the Heritage Foundation; E. Wayne Merry, senior fellow at the Lester B. Pearson Canadian International Peacekeeping Training Center; Stephen Schwartz, author of Kosovo: Background to a War; and Raju G. C. Thomas, Allis Chalmers Professor of International Affairs at Marquette University.
2001
'Kosovo Elections, 28 October 2000: Failing the Test of Democracy?',
in C. Stone (ed.) Democracy and Human Rights Yearbook 2001 (Oxford: British Helsinki Human Rights Group, 2001), pp.53-57. ISBN 1-901878-01-5
2000
'Bosnia: Profile of a NATO Protectorate',
'Western Intervention and the Disintegration of Yugoslavia, 1989-1999', in E. S. Herman and P. Hammond (eds) Degraded Capability: the Media and the Kosovo Crisis (London: Pluto Press, 2000), pp.19-30. ISBN 0-7453-1631-X
Book synopsis The media served a highly partisan and propagandistic role in NATO's Kosovo war, uncritically reproducing official spin in a way that was incompatible with their proclaimed democratic role as objective purveyors of information. This book integrates a critical interpretation of Western policy towards the former  Yugoslavia with analysis of media coverage of the Kosovo crisis and war. The first part of the book deals with the war itself and the build-up to it, placing this in the context of earlier Western intervention in Yugoslavia. Part two discusses key issues raised by the media coverage, including the demonisation of the enemy, and the role of CNN. In the final section, contributors analyse how the war was reported in different countries around the world, including the United States, Britain, Germany, India, Greece, Russia, and France. The book offers a corrective to the hysteria and misinformation that permeated media coverage. Subjects covered include the role of the Internet, the changing media-military relationship, the depiction and definition of "war crimes", and how Yugoslav television was presented as a legitimate military target. Contributors include John Pilger, Edward S. Herman, Phil Hammond, Diana Johnstone, Jim Naureckas and Jan Oberg.
in K. Cordell (ed.) Ethnicity and Democratisation in the New Europe (London: Routledge, 1999), pp.61-73. ISBN 0-415-17312-4. Book synopsis
Ethnicity and Democratisation in the New Europe explores the complex relationship betwe en ethnicity and democratisation, focusing on the newly emerging Europe. Divided into two parts, the book begins by conceptualising the nature of ethnicity and relating these ideas to different theories of democracy and democratisation. It then presents a series of case studies which complement and build upon the theories presented in the first part. The case studies cover ethnic experiences in both democratised and democratising European countries including: Spain, Germany, Austria, Poland, Russia, Albania and Hungary. The contributors locate ethnic experiences within a series of common frameworks to shed light on key issues such as: the effect of democratisation and authoritarian rule on ethnic tensions; the extent to which ethnicity is constructed as an ideological tool; the ways in which democratisation offers socio-political accommodation; whether assimilation is a precondition for democratisation. This accessible study will familiarise students with a range of key conceptual and comparative issues in ethnicity, nation-building and the process of democratisation, and will challenge many traditionally held views about the nature of ethnicity in New Europe.
'Vom Demokratie-Schwindel in Dayton zur Demokratie-Abschaffung in Rambouillet',
in T. Deichmann and K. Bittermann (ed.) Wie Dr. Joseph Fischer lernte, die Bombe zu lieben: Die Grunen, die SPD, die Nato und der Krieg auf dem Balkan (Berlin: Edition Tiamat, 1999), pp.38-49. ISBN 3-89320-025-8
1997
'A New Look at the Democratisation Process: The Case Study of Bosnia-Herzegovina Post-Dayton',
in J. Sevic and G. Wright (eds) Transition in Central and Eastern Europe, Vol.2 (Belgrade: YASF, 1997), pp.217-241. ISBN 86-403-0204-9
1996
'The Internationalisation of Minority Rights Protection in Eastern Europe',
in I. Hampshire-Monk and J. Stanyer (eds) Contemporary Political Studies, Vol.1 (Belfast: The Political Studies Association of Great Britain, 1996). ISBN 0-9523150-5-X
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