<p>'Falk has brought powerful moral and legal insights to debates about order and justice in world politics.'<br /><i>Foreign Affairs</i><br /></p><p>'Eloquently written by the world's leading international lawyer, Richard Falk's new book is an absolute must read for anyone seeking to understand power shifts in the world order and our human condition in the early twenty-first century.'<br />Stephen Gill, author of <i>Power and Resistance in the New World Order</i></p><p>'Original, eloquent, challenging and hopeful, Richard Falk is always worth reading.'<br />W. Michael Reisman, Yale Law School</p><p>'Richard Falk is always ahead in identifying the perils of our time. Emerging but neglected issues are here addressed with passion and rationality.'<br />Daniele Archibugi, Italian National Research Council and Birkbeck, University of London</p><p>'These elegantly written and erudite essays expose the myopic and embedded character of geopolitical and statist framings and, at the same time, identify openings for a different kind of future offered by the citizen pilgrim. The critique of drone warfare and how it undermines international law is particularly devastating.'<br />Mary Kaldor, London School of Economics</p><p>'Power Shift ... is full of interesting insights and displays an impressive degree of rhetorical power. For all those who are in search of a forceful, mostly Left critique of the status quo, this book is a must-read.'<br /><i>Ethics and International Affairs</i></p>

This book depicts the challenges associated with the emergence of a new global order in which patterns of conflict and the role of traditional military power are in the process of radical flux. Our ideas about global order have yet to catch up with these new behavioral trends, including the rise of non-state transnational political actors in the context of neoliberal globalization. In this historical setting the modern territorial sovereign state is confronted by multiple challenges ranging from climate change to mass migration to transnational political extremism. The existing global order seems currently overwhelmed by these challenges, resulting in widespread stress and chaos that is transforming global security in ways that endanger democratic governance. The future will be determined by whether the peoples of the world make their weight felt in support of sustainable global justice and overcome the impact of oppressive and exploitative patterns of corporate and state behavior. It is this problematic set of circumstances that Power Shift addresses.
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From drone warfare to nuclear weapons, global governance to post-secularism, this is an essential study on the changes in world politics since the end of the Cold War and 9/11.
Introduction: Globalism and Globalization: Terrorism and State Terror1. Toward a New Geopolitics2. The Post-Secular Divide3. Why Drones are More Dangerous than Nuclear Weapons4. Contours of New Constitutionalism5. Horizons of Global Governance6. Responding to the Global Crisis7. Toward a Global Imaginary8. Framing an Inquiry: Strong Societies/Weak States9. Disruptive Legacies of World War I10. The 4+ logics of Global Order11. Questioning Perpetual War in an Era of Drone Warfare12. Changing the Political Climate: One Individual at a Time13. Does the Human Species Wish to Survive?
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'Richard Falk boldly confronts, with careful analysis and nuanced judgements, the most important issue of our time--constructing a global morality to overcome the self-serving policies of powerful states. He challenges the smug calculations of the 'realists' whose ideas have been disastrous in this past century, and makes thoughtful suggestions based on his firm humanitarian sensibility.' Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States 'For almost half a century, Richard Falk has insisted that we examine international politics and development through the prism of ethics and morality. This demand has shaped his vision of human dignity and animates all his efforts, including the present volume, to articulate a truly global conception of human rights. "Human Rights Horizons chides, challenges, sometimes angers, but above all inspires.' Michael Reisman, Yale Law School, and author of Laws of War 'For three decades now there has been no more important or interesting mapmaker for global politics based on humanitarian morality than Richard Falk. This book again demonstrates why.' Ken Booth, E.H. Carr Professor of International Politics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth 'Falk presents another significant contribution with this overview of roughly a half century of human rights politics related to international organizations, law, and diplomacy...He combines a thoughtful, historical critique of the human rights movement with a farsighted, imaginative view of the future.' Choice 'Richard Falk provides a compelling review of the development of human rights during the 20th Century. He imaginatively and objectively assesses the implications for thecoming decades. This is essential reading for anyone concerned about national and international human rights in the coming globalized and politically re-aligned world.' Justice Richard Goldstone, former prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda 'Richard Falk boldly confronts, with careful analysis and nuanced judgements, the most important issue of our time--constructing a global morality to overcome the self-serving policies of powerful states. He challenges the smug calculations of the 'realists' whose ideas have been disastrous in this past century, and makes thoughtful suggestions based on his firm humanitarian sensibility.' Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States 'For almost half a century, Richard Falk has insisted that we examine international politics and development through the prism of ethics and morality. This demand has shaped his vision of human dignity and animates all his efforts, including the present volume, to articulate a truly global conception of human rights. "Human Rights Horizons chides, challenges, sometimes angers, but above all inspires.' Michael Reisman, Yale Law School, and author of Laws of War 'For three decades now there has been no more important or interesting mapmaker for global politics based on humanitarian morality than Richard Falk. This book again demonstrates why.' Ken Booth, E.H. Carr Professor of International Politics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth 'Falk presents another significant contribution with this overview of roughly a half century of human rights politics related to international organizations, law, and diplomacy...He combines a thoughtful, historical critique of the human rights movement with a farsighted, imaginative view of the future.' Choice 'Richard Falk provides a compelling review of the development of human rights during the 20th Century. He imaginatively and objectively assesses the implications for thecoming decades. This is essential reading for anyone concerned about national and international human rights in the coming globalized and politically re-aligned world.' Justice Richard Goldstone, former prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781783607938
Publisert
2016-07-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Zed Books Ltd
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
135 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
304

Forfatter

Biographical note

Richard Falk is Albert G. Milbank professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University, the author of over thirty books and a specialist on the role of international law in global politics. The United Nations Human Rights Council appointed Falk as the United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Palestine from 2008 to 2014.