The significance of 11 September 2001 and after

In: The round table: the Commonwealth journal of international affairs, S. 77-90

Abstract

How widespread fear of terrorist acts have given many governments an excuse to limit civil liberties and human rights; examines link between gross economic inequality and terrorism; compares advice given in W. David McIntyre's 2001 book "A Guide to the Contemporary Commonwealth" in light of realities of a post-9/11/01 world. Contents: The human rights fall-out, by Richard Bourne; Poverty and terrorism: reordering the priorities, by James Porter; A changed world: making the Commonwealth relevant, by Stuart Mole.