Deadly connections : states that sponsor terrorism / / Daniel Byman [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457579303321
• Autore: Byman Daniel <1967->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2005
• ISBN: 1-107-15117-1; 1-280-42211-4; 0-511-79084-8; 0-511-18238-4; 0-511-19987-2; 0-511-12633-6; 0-511-30040-9; 0-511-12547-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 369 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 327.1/17
• Soggetti: Terrorism - Government policy; Terrorism - Government policy - Middle East; Terrorism - Government policy - South Asia; Terrorism - Prevention
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Why do states support terrorism? -- The nature and impact of state support -- Iran and the Lebanese Hizballah -- Syria and Palestinian radical groups -- Pakistan and Kashmir -- Afghanistan under the Taliban -- Passive sponsors of terrorism -- The difficulties of stopping state sponsorship -- Halting support for terrorism.; Introduction -- Why do states support terrorism? -- The nature and impact of state support -- Iran and the Lebanese Hizballah -- Syria and Palestinian radical groups -- Pakistan and Kashmir -- Afghanistan under the Taliban -- Passive sponsors of terrorism -- The difficulties of stopping state sponsorship -- Halting support for terrorism -- Afterword -- Appendix. Major terrorist groups.
• Sommario/riassunto: Thousands of people have died at the hands of terrorist groups who ; rely on state support for their activities. Iran and Syria are well known as sponsors of terrorism, while other countries, some with strong connections to the West, have enabled terrorist activity by turning a blind eye. Daniel Byman's hard-hitting and articulate book analyzes this phenomenon. Focusing primarily on sponsors from the Middle East and South Asia, it examines the different types of support that states provide, their motivations, and the impact of such sponsorship. The book also considers regimes that allow terrorists to raise money and recruit without providing active support. The experiences of Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Libya are detailed here, alongside the histories of radical groups such as al-Qaida and Hizballah. The book concludes by assessing why it is often difficult to force sponsors to cut ties to terrorist groups and suggesting ways in which it could be done better in the future.

The Birth of Digital Human Rights : Digitized Data Governance as a Human Rights Issue in the EU / / by Rebekah Dowd

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910523729903321
• Autore: Dowd
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022
• ISBN: 9783030829698
• Edizione: [1版. 2022.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 274 pages)
• Collana: Information Technology and Global Governance, , 2946-3300
• Altri autori (Persone): Rebekah
• Disciplina: 341.481094; 341.48094
• Soggetti: Human rights; Information technology - Law and legislation; Mass media - Law and legislation; Europe - Politics and government; Technology - Moral and ethical aspects; Political ethics; Digital media; Politics and Human Rights; IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property; European Politics; Ethics of Technology; Political Ethics; Digital and New Media
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: Digital Data as a Political Object -- Chapter 1: Digital Data Protection as a Human Right -- Chapter 2: The Early Years: National Origins of Digital Human Rights -- Chapter 3: EU-level -- Chapter 4: Digital Human Rights Expansion by Epistemic Actors, and the Role of Working Party 29 -- Chapter 5: Exporting the digital human Rights Norm -- Chapter 6: The Future of Technology and Digital Human Rights.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book considers contested responsibilities between the public and private sectors over the use of online data, detailing exactly how digital human rights evolved in specific European states and gradually became a part of the European Union framework of legal protections. The author uniquely examines why and how European lawmakers linked digital data protection to fundamental human rights, something heretofore not explained in other works on general data governance and data privacy. In particular, this work examines the utilization of national and European Union institutional arrangements as a location for activism by legal and academic consultants and by first-mover states who legislated digital human rights beginning in the 1970s. By tracing the way that EU Member States and non-state actors utilized the structure of EU bodies to create the new norm of digital human rights, readers will learn about the process of expanding the scope of human rights protections within multipledimensions of European political space. The project will be informative to scholar, student, and layperson, as it examines a new and evolving area of technology governance - the human rights of digital data use by the public and private sectors. Rebekah Dowd is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Midwestern University in Texas. Rebekah's research focuses on human rights within data policy, the online behavior of individuals and states, and policy decision-making by European politicians. Dr. Dowd teaches courses in global studies, international relations, comparative and foundational politics, European politics, and international political economy.