03566oam 2200697I 450 991046541910332120200520144314.00-203-38782-11-299-27980-51-136-67960-X10.4324/9780203387825 (CKB)2560000000099285(EBL)1143841(OCoLC)830161196(SSID)ssj0000834196(PQKBManifestationID)12367425(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000834196(PQKBWorkID)10936733(PQKB)11259854(MiAaPQ)EBC1143841(Au-PeEL)EBL1143841(CaPaEBR)ebr10672763(CaONFJC)MIL459230(OCoLC)830085734(EXLCZ)99256000000009928520180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrState terrorism and human rights international responses since the end of the Cold War /edited by Gillian Duncan. [et al.]Abingdon, Oxon ;New York, N.Y. :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (201 p.)Political violenceDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-62907-1 0-415-62908-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover; State Terrorism and Human Rights; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Contributors; Dedication; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. State terrorism: an historical overview; 3. An incremental tyranny; 4. Trends in the use of terror by states since the end of the Cold War; 5. Obstacles to international action against state terror in the post-Cold War international system; 6. The case of Saddam Hussein's terror against the Kurds and the international response; 7. Indonesian terror against East Timor separatists and the international response8. Terror in Rwanda 1994 and the failure of international response9. Towards a more effective international response to state terror, based on democratic principles and the protection of human rights; 10. Paul Wilkinson on state terror: in conclusion; Appendix: full list of Paul Wilkinson's publications on terrorism-related topics; Select bibliography; IndexThis book aims to improve understanding of the broad trends in the utilisation of political violence by examining the use of state terror in world politics. The ending of the Cold War and the overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe led many to assume that this presaged the demise of the one-party terror regime and acceptance of Western concepts of democracy, freedom and human rights throughout the international system. But of course this did not end state terror. The totalitarian one-party state still exists in North Korea and China, and there are numerous military regimes and otherPolitical ViolenceState-sponsored terrorismState crimesPolitical violenceHuman rightsElectronic books.State-sponsored terrorism.State crimes.Political violence.Human rights.327.1/17Duncan Gillian1972-900298MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465419103321State terrorism and human rights2011340UNINA