Anthony F. Lang
Routledge (Apr 2008)
http://www.routledgepolitics.com/books/Punishment-Justice-and-International-Relations-isbn9780415439077
About the book: This book examines the international political order in the post-Cold War era, arguing that this order has become progressively more punitive. This is seen as resulting from both a human-rights regime that emphasizes legal norms and the aggressive policies of the United States and its allies in the ‘War on Terror’. While punishment can play a key role in creating justice in a political system, serious flaws in the current global order militate against punishment-enforcing global norms. The book argues for the necessary presence of three key concepts - justice, authority and agency - if punishment is to function effectively, and explores four practices in the current international system: intervention, sanctions, counter- terrorism policy, and war crimes tribunals. It concludes by suggesting ways to revise the current global political structure in order to enable punitive practices to play a more central role in creating a just world order. This book will be of much interest to students of International Law, Political Science and International Relations.
About the author: Anthony F. Lang, Jr. is Past Chair (2002-2003) of the International Ethics Section and Senior Lecturer in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews. He focuses on international political theory, with attention to questions of international law, intervention, foreign policy, national security, global governance and Middle East politics. He received his BA in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in 1990 and his MA and PhD in political science from the Johns Hopkins University in 1996. From 1996-2000, Tony was an assistant professor of political science at the American University in Cairo. From 2000-2003, he served as a program officer at the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs in New York City. While at the Council, Tony ran programs on religion and international affairs and ethics and the use of force. During the academic year 2003-2004, he was an assistant professor of political science at Albright College. He has been at the University of St Andrews since 2004. His other publications include Agency and Ethics: The Politics of Military Intervention (SUNY, 2002) and a number of edited volumes, journal articles and book chapters.
Contact: al51@st-andrews.ac.uk
