Liberty and Security

by Conor A. Gearty

Book Overview

All aspire to liberty and security in their lives but few people truly enjoy them. This book explains why this is so. In what Conor Gearty calls our 'neo-democratic' world, the proclamation of universal liberty and security is mocked by facts on the ground: the vast inequalities in supposedly free societies, the authoritarian regimes with regular elections, and the terrible socio-economic deprivation camouflaged by cynically proclaimed commitments...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745647197
• ISBN13: 9780745647197
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"