Failed states : the abuse of power and the assault on democracy / Noam Chomsky.
2006
E902 .C468 2006 (Mapit)
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Title
Failed states : the abuse of power and the assault on democracy / Noam Chomsky.
Author
Chomsky, Noam.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780805079128
0805079122
0805079122
Publication Details
New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt, 2006.
Language
English
Description
311 p. ; 25 cm.
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E902 .C468 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification
327.73009/0511
Summary
The United States has repeatedly asserted its right to intervene militarily against "failed states" around the globe. Chomsky turns the tables, charging the United States with being a "failed state," and therefore a danger to its own people and the world. "Failed states," Chomsky writes, are those "that do not protect their citizens from violence and perhaps even destruction, that regard themselves as beyond the reach of domestic or international law, and that suffer from a 'democratic deficit, ' having democratic forms but with limited substance." Exploring recent U.S. foreign and domestic policies, Chomsky assesses Washington's escalation of nuclear risks; the dangerous consequences of the occupation of Iraq; and Americas's self-exemption from international law. He also examines an American electoral system that frustrates genuine political alternatives, thus impeding any meaningful democracy.--From publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-300) and index.
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Table of Contents
Stark, dreadful, inescapable
Outlaw states
Illegal but legitimate
Democracy promotion abroad
Supporting evidence: the Middle East
Democracy promotion at home.
Outlaw states
Illegal but legitimate
Democracy promotion abroad
Supporting evidence: the Middle East
Democracy promotion at home.