Failed States. The Abuse Of Power And The Assault On Democracy by Noam Chomsky

Exposes the hollow promises of democracy in American actions abroad - and at home. The United States has repeatedly asserted its right to intervene militarily against failed states' around the globe. In this much anticipated follow-up to his international bestseller Noam Chomsky shows how the US itself shares features with other failed states and therefore is increasingly a danger to its own people and to the world. Failed states, Chomsky writes, are those that are unable or unwilling to protect their citizens from violence and perhaps even destruction' and regard themselves as beyond the reach of domestic or international law. ' Though they may have democratic forms, Chomsky notes, failed states suffer from a serious democratic deficit' that deprives their democratic institutions of real substance.

Publisher:	Allen & Unwin Pty., Limited
Year:	2006
Binding:	Paperback
ISBN:	9781741149142
Condition:	Good
Description:	Foxing to end papers and edges of pages.

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SKU: 1603651
Location: Politics