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Amitai EtzioniPublication Details
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Yet, as Amitai Etzioni argues, ‘any reasonable deliberation about our national security is the recognition that we face two profound commitments: protecting our homeland and safeguarding our rights.’ In this short book, Etzioni, the well-known and respected public intellectual and communitarian thinker, charts a middle course, or third way ‘between those who are committed to shore up our liberties but blind to the needs of public security, as well as those who never met a right they are not willing to curtail to give authorities an even freer hand.’ This book will prove a useful guide for citizens looking for a thought provoking, well-reasoned and sober analysis of one of the hot button issues of our time. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
- United States. — Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001
- National security — Law and legislation — United States
- Internal security — United States
- Terrorism — United States
- Civil rights — United States
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- "How Patriotic is the Patriot Act? provides a comprehensive examination of many of the individual measures contained in the Patriot Act. Etzioni holds these measures to the standard set forth in the 4[superscript th] Amendment prohibiting unreasonable search and seizures and assesses how reasonable the provisions set forth in the Patriot Act are in a post 9/11 world." "How Patriotic is the Patriot Act? is an essential guide for citizens seeking answers to one of the most pressing questions of the 21[superscript st] century: how do we balance our security and freedom in an age of terrorism?"–BOOK JACKET
Contents
- Ch. 1. How liberty is lost
- Ch. 2. An overview of security measures
- Ch. 3. Privacy and security in electronic communications
- Ch. 4. Public health and the threat of bioterrorism
- Ch. 5. A case for national ID cards?
- Ch. 6. The limits of nation building
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- 0415950473
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