Fear,Human Rights and New Labour Policy Post‐9/11 |
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| Authors: | David Denney |
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| Institution: | Department of Health and Social Care, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX |
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| Abstract: | New Labour's domestic and foreign policy have been driven by a complex and contradictory precautionary logic. Fear management appears to have replaced coherent principles in the development of some areas of policy. The preoccupation with fear and anxiety has provided a rationale for the suspension of liberty and the adoption of measures that Western democracies have only usually seen in times of war. Fear‐based policy has also created a more exclusivist, segmented society. |
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| Keywords: | Human rights Fear Risk Precautionary principle |
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