1st Edition

Security, Law and Borders At the Limits of Liberties

By Tugba Basaran Copyright 2011
160 Pages
by Routledge

154 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

This book focuses on security practices, civil liberties and the politics of borders in liberal democracies. In the aftermath of 9/11, security practices and the denial of human rights and civil liberties are often portrayed as an exception to liberal rule, and seen as institutionally, legally and spatially distinct from the liberal state. Drawing upon detailed empirical studies from... Read more

Introduction  1. Limits of Liberal Rule  2. Borders of Liberal Rule  3. Liberties on the Territory  4. Liberties on the Seas  5. Liberties in Third Countries  6. Conclusions

Biography

Tugba Basaran is lecturer at the School of Politics and International Relations at the  University of Kent. She holds a PhD in International Studies from the University of Cambridge.