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The Precautionary Principle in International Relations : Constructing Foreign and Defense Policy in an Age of Uncertainty.

Written in response to the Bush Administration?s aggressive rhetoric previous to and during the Iraq War, this book addresses the key issues relating to Precautionary Principles on defense policies regarding pre-emptive war. Policymakers in the West seem prone to use these tactics when they feel the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McLean, Craig
Otros Autores: Patterson, Alan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the precautionary principle in debating the precautionary principle: a literature review
  • The management of risk in international relations:
  • The case for the precautionary principle
  • The limits of knowledge: coping with uncertainty and ignorance
  • The process of seeking alternative solutions
  • Proportionality of response: dealing with the threat
  • The burden of proof and decisions on war
  • Conclusions: towards a changing foreign and defence
  • Conclusions: a changing foreign policy?