Summer 2008 (22.2) • Essay
The Resurgent Idea of World Government [Full Text]
The idea of world government is returning to the mainstream of scholarly thinking about international relations. Will the world-government movement become a potent political force, ...
Spring 2008 (22.1) • Review
Briefly Noted
This section contains a round-up of recent notable books in the field of international affairs.
Spring 2008 (22.1) • Review
Development as a Human Right: Legal, Political, and Economic Dimensions edited by Bard A. Andreassen and Stephen P. Marks
This book sets out to address the concepts of the right to development as well as the human rights-based approach to development. It includes contributions ...
Spring 2008 (22.1) • Review
Planet of Slums by Mike Davis
The core of Mike Davis's book "Planet of Slums" is that the contemporary Third World urban poor are doubly cursed in ways that echo the ...
Spring 2008 (22.1) • Review
Inventing Human Rights: A History by Lynn Hunt
Lynn Hunt's "Inventing Human Rights" develops an intriguing meditation on the relationships among art, morality, and political change. Hunt also raises questions of profound importance ...
Spring 2008 (22.1) • Review
The Clash Within: Religion, Violence, and India's Future by Martha C. Nussbaum
Nussbaum argues that her contribution is as that of a loudspeaker, since she feels that Indian developments are wrongly ignored in the United States and ...
Online Exclusive • 04/28/2008 • Essay
Torture Can Be Self-Defense: A Critique of Whitley Kaufman
In this online response, Uwe Steinhoff argues that Whitley Kaufman's denial that torturing the "ticking bomb terrorist" can be justifiable is incorrect.
Online Exclusive • 04/28/2008 • Essay
The Distributive Justice Theory of Self-Defense (Response to Whitley Kaufman)
Segev argues for a theory of distributive justice and considers its implications. This theory includes a principle of responsibility that was endorsed by others within ...
Spring 2008 (22.1) • Feature
Torture and the "Distributive Justice" Theory of Self-Defense: An Assessment
The goal of this feature is to demonstrate that distributive justice is a flawed theory of self-defense and must be rejected, thus undercutting the argument ...
Spring 2008 (22.1) • Feature
Deliberation and Global Governance: Liberal, Cosmopolitan, and Critical Perspectives
This paper develops a critical analysis of deliberative approaches to global governance. After first defining global governance and with a minimalist conception of deliberation in ...