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Thinking in an Emergency (Amnesty International Global Ethics Series)
Thinking in an Emergency - Amnesty International Global Ethics Series
Author: Elaine Scarry
Author of the landmark study The Body in Pain, Elaine Scarry offers a stunning and original analysis of the ?claim of emergency.?For sixty years, modern democratic governments have undermined democracy and increased executive power by invoking the idea of emergency. They have bypassed constitutional provisions concerning presidential succession,...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393078985
ISBN-10: 0393078981
Publication Date: 3/14/2011
Pages: 157
Edition: First Edition
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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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