The Church and the National Security State
Title | The Church and the National Security State PDF eBook |
Author | José Comblin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Political Science |
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The Church and the National Security State
Title | The Church and the National Security State PDF eBook |
Author | José Comblin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780783764153 |
The Church and the National Security State
Title | The Church and the National Security State PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Pages | 236 |
Release | 1984 |
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National Security and Double Government
Title | National Security and Double Government PDF eBook |
Author | Michael J. Glennon |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 306 |
Release | 2016-11-15 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 0190668474 |
Why has U.S. security policy scarcely changed from the Bush to the Obama administration? National Security and Double Government offers a disquieting answer. Michael J. Glennon challenges the myth that U.S. security policy is still forged by America's visible, "Madisonian institutions" - the President, Congress, and the courts. Their roles, he argues, have become largely illusory. Presidential control is now nominal, congressional oversight is dysfunctional, and judicial review is negligible. The book details the dramatic shift in power that has occurred from the Madisonian institutions to a concealed "Trumanite network" - the several hundred managers of the military, intelligence, diplomatic, and law enforcement agencies who are responsible for protecting the nation and who have come to operate largely immune from constitutional and electoral restraints. Reform efforts face daunting obstacles. Remedies within this new system of "double government" require the hollowed-out Madisonian institutions to exercise the very power that they lack. Meanwhile, reform initiatives from without confront the same pervasive political ignorance within the polity that has given rise to this duality. The book sounds a powerful warning about the need to resolve this dilemma-and the mortal threat posed to accountability, democracy, and personal freedom if double government persists. This paperback version features an Afterword that addresses the emerging danger posed by populist authoritarianism rejecting the notion that the security bureaucracy can or should be relied upon to block it.
Church, State and Public Justice
Title | Church, State and Public Justice PDF eBook |
Author | P. C. Kemeny |
Publisher | InterVarsity Press |
Pages | |
Release | 2009-09-20 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0830874747 |
Abortion. Physician-assisted suicide. Same-sex marriages. Embryonic stem-cell research. Poverty. Crime. What is a faithful Christian response? The God of the Bible is unquestionably a God of justice. Yet Christians have had their differences as to how human government and the church should bring about a just social order. Although Christians share many deep and significant theological convictions, differences that threaten to divide them have often surrounded the matter of how the church collectively and Christians individually ought to engage the public square. What is the mission of the church? What is the purpose of human government? How ought they to be related to each other? How should social injustice be redressed? The five noted contributors to this volume answer these questions from within their distinctive Christian theological traditions, as well as responding to the other four positions. Through the presentations and ensuing dialogue we come to see more clearly what the differences are, where their positions overlap and why they diverge. The contributors and the positions taken include Clarke E. Cochran: A Catholic Perspective Derek H. Davis: A Classical Separation Perspective Ronald J. Sider: An Anabaptist Perspective Corwin F. Smidt: A Principled Pluralist Perspective J. Philip Wogaman: A Social Justice Perspective This book will be instructive for anyone seeking to grasp the major Christian alternatives and desiring to pursue a faithful corporate and individual response to the social issues that face us.
State, Society And National Security: Challenges And Opportunities In The 21st Century
Title | State, Society And National Security: Challenges And Opportunities In The 21st Century PDF eBook |
Author | Shashi Jayakumar |
Publisher | World Scientific |
Pages | 295 |
Release | 2016-04-12 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9813140135 |
Addressing the complexities of radicalisation, resilience, cyber, and homeland security, State, Society and National Security: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century aims to shed light on what has changed in recent years security discourse, what has worked (as well as what has not), and what the potential further evolutions within each domain might be.The release of this book commemorates the 10th anniversary of the creation of the Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS) — a policy-oriented security think tank within the S Rajaratnam School for International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, as well as the 10th edition of CENS' annual Asia-Pacific Programme for Senior National Security Officers (APPSNO), which has developed into a premier international security conference in Southeast Asia.Featuring contributions from practitioners, policy experts and academics closely linked to CENS, this volume is a reminder of the meaningful and impact-creating insights that 10 years' worth of thinking and talking about national security imperatives have generated.Contributors to this volume include Professor Sir David Omand, former director of the United Kingdom's Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ), Steven R Corman, Professor in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Marc Sageman, former operations officer at the United States Central Intelligence Agency, Ilan Mizrahi, former Head of Israel's National Security Council and John, Lord Alderdice, Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords and Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict at Harris Manchester College, Oxford.This book has been written in a manner that makes it accessible to policymakers, security practitioners and academics, as well as interested lay readers.
Reimagining The National Security State
Title | Reimagining The National Security State PDF eBook |
Author | Karen J. Greenberg |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 265 |
Release | 2019-11-07 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1108484387 |
A comprehensive look at the toll US government policies took on civil liberties, human rights, and the rule of law in the name of the war on terror.