From Kosovo to Kabul

"A new international framework is emerging in which the world's excluded and oppressed are alleged to be empowered and protected through the enforcement of their individual human rights by international institutions. This book takes a critical look at the way in which human rights issues have been brought to the fore in international policy-making. David Chandler offers a rigorous critique of this apparently benign and progressive shift in international affairs, drawing out the worrying political implications of the human rights framework"--Back cover.