Bøker av Janne Haaland Matlary

Vi tar demokratiet for gitt. Det bør vi ikke gjøre. I stigende grad er styreformen under angrep fra Vestens egne eliter, som tvinger gjennom upopulære politiske løsninger på bekostning av folkeviljen.Med sin unike erfaringsbakgrunn fra norsk og internasjonal politikk, har professor i statsvitenskap Janne Haaland Matlary spesielle forutsetninger på å forklare et av vår tids aller viktigste politiske spørsmål: Polariseringen mellom folk og elite. Med eksempler fra både Norge og utlandet viser hun hvordan sunn uenighet ødelegges av offermentalitet og moralisme. Vestlige politikere har fjernet seg fra velgerne i spørsmål som innvandring, familiepolitikk og overnasjonale løsninger uten demokratisk forankring. Denne boken er skrevet av en bekymret europeer, som kjenner kontinentet bedre enn de aller fleste. Matlarys løsning er å vende tilbake til klassiske dyder som mot, frihet og demokrati. For det er folket som skal styre seg selv, ikke internasjonale eliter eller organisasjoner. "Demokratiets langsomme død" er både en kjærlighetserklæring til et kontinent med dype utfordringer og en brannfakkel i norsk politisk debatt.

Janne Haaland Mátlary has devoted her life to questions of ethics and politics.This preoccupation has become extraordinarily relevant to many of the issues that dominate the contemporary political agenda; particularly in Europe where the debate over relativism, human rights and majority tyranny has become a vital concern to very many of its citizens. Combining academic research with an active political life as a diplomat serving both her native Norway and the Holy See, Janne Haaland Mátlary is able to offer us profound insights into the importance of human dignity and human rights in current politics. This book is essential reading for all who are concerned with issues of rationality, law, human rights, politics and religious freedom in European democracy today. As an academic, studying political science, her work has concentrated on security and foreign policy. She makes a strong case that foundations for human rights can be found through human reason, specifically, through retrieving and reanimating the classical tradition of rationalism that was once the pride of western civilization . She builds her analysis of politics with far more promising materials than the instrumental rationality and the radically individualistic concept of the person that have prevented the human rights movement thus far from reaching its full potential. Mary Anne Glendon, Harvard University Janne Haaland Matláry is Professor of International Politics in the Department of Political Science of the University of Oslo, Norway, and Senior Adjunct Researcher in Security Policy at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. She was State Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Deputy Foreign Minister) of Norway 1997-2000, representing the Christian Democratic Party in the Bondevik government. Her main academic fields are the European Union and international security policy. She has published very widely and played significant roles in a number of international and consultative bodies. In April 2007 she was awarded Il Premio San Benedetto. Her biographical narrative of conversion to the Catholic Church, Faith Through Reason, is also published by Gracewing.

Presenting the developmental trends in priviaisation and internationalisation of armed force, this book analyses the impact of these trends on the Nordic countries' defence and security sectors. It questions whether the process of denationalisation, and looks at how countries are reacting to changes in their security environment.

Values, in terms of human rights and democracy, have become important factors for individual state's participation in the international community.