| Description | The special topic in Summer School 2009 is Counterterrorism and Human Rights, to be taught by Dr Louise Chappell. This unit focuses on the relationship between counterterrorism and international human rights in the post-September 11 environment. Using a comparative approach to politics, it encourages students to identify similarities and differences in the response of western liberal governments to the threat of terrorism and to examine how these responses have influenced human rights practices, especially civil and political rights, in each country under review. Teaching and learning take place via a combination of lectures, student-led seminars, debates and case studies. |
