78 research outputs found
A Renewed Social Democracy for an 'Age of Internationalism':An Interpretivist Account of New Labourâs Foreign Policy
This paper employs an interpretive approach to explore New Labourâs use of social scientific theories in developing its foreign policy. After situating New Labour in the broad tradition of social democracy, it outlines the beliefs that most social democrats shared about the values of internationalism, international community and moral leadership. Taking these concepts in turn, the paper then considers how New Labour modified their content in response to issues raised by âNew Timesâ. In so doing, it problematizes New Labourâs responses by revealing that they drew on ideas taken from complex interdependence theory, communitarianism and democratic peace theory respectively. The paper then examines how these theories, in conjunction with the reformulation of its foreign policy, influenced New Labourâs transformation of the three values, before concluding with a brief examination of the dilemmas arising from this process
British Torture in the 'War on Terror'
Despite longstanding allegations of UK involvement in prisoner abuse during counterterrorism operations as part of the US-led âwar on terrorâ, a consistent narrative emanating from British government officials is that Britain neither uses, condones nor facilitates torture or other cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment and punishment. We argue that such denials are untenable. We have established beyond reasonable doubt that Britain has been deeply involved in post-9/11 prisoner abuse, and we can now provide the most detailed account to date of the depth of this involvement. We argue that it is possible to identify a peculiarly British approach to torture in the âwar on terrorâ, which is particularly well-suited to sustaining a narrative of denial. To explain the nature of UK involvement, we argue that it can be best understood within the context of how law and sovereign power have come to operate during the âwar on terrorâ. We turn here to the work of Judith Butler, and explore the role of Britain as a âpetty sovereignâ, operating under the state of exception established by the US Executive. UK authorities have not themselves suspended the rule of law so overtly, and indeed have repeatedly insisted on their commitment to it. They have nevertheless been able to construct a rhetorical, legal and policy âscaffoldâ that has enabled them to demonstrate at least procedural adherence to human rights norms, while at the same time allowing UK officials to acquiesce in the arbitrary exercise of sovereignty over individuals who are denied any access to appropriate representation or redress in compliance with the rule of law
Irish cardiac society - Proceedings of annual general meeting held 20th & 21st November 1992 in Dublin Castle
Reconstructed evolutionary patterns for crocodile-line archosaurs demonstrate impact of failure to log-transform body size data
Can Brexit Improve Our Understanding of âWicked Problemsâ? Reflections on Policy and Political Order
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