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Terrorism and Counterterrorism in Canada analyses the nature and scope of the terrorist threat, the challenge of Canadian foreign fighters and far-right extremism, key counterterrorism policies and practices, and their consequences for Canadian society.
List of contents
List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
Jez Littlewood, Lorne L. Dawson, and Sara K. Thompson
Terrorism
2. A Survey of Terrorism in Canada: 1960-2015
Nicole Tishler, Marie Ouellet, and Joshua Kilberg
3. Canadian Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq, 2012-2016
Lorne L. Dawson and Amarnath Amarasingam
4. Breaking Free: A Socio-Historical Analysis of the Canadian Freemen-on-the-Land Movement
David C. Hofmann
5. Jihadism in the Digital Era: The Canadian Context and Responses
Maxime Bérubé and Benjamin Ducol
Security and Counterterrorism
6. Counterterrorism Security Planning in Canada: From Imperialism to International Terrorism
Dominique Clément
7. Deterrence or Blowback? The Consequences of Canadian Counterterrorism in Afghanistan
Erica Chenoweth and Laura Dugan
8. Social Structure of Extremist Websites
Martin Bouchard, Garth Davies, Richard Frank, Edith Wu, and Kila Joffres
9. Terrorist Resourcing: Money and Much, Much More
John M. Schmidt
Society, Terrorism, and Counterterrorism
10. Intelligence Accountability in Canada
Susan Decker
11. Who’s a Terrorist? What’s Terrorism? Comparative Media Representations of Lone-Actor Violence in Canada
Barbara Perry and Ryan Scrivens
12. National Security: Exclusion and Isolation among Muslims in Canada
Patti Tamara Lenard and Baljit Nagra
13. When "Soft Security" is Smart: On the Importance of Building Strong Community-Police Relationships in the Context of National Security
Sara K. Thompson and Sandra Bucerius
14. Conclusion
Jez Littlewood, Lorne L. Dawson, and Sara K. Thompson
Contributors
Index
About the author
Edited by Jez Littlewood, Lorne L. Dawson, and Sara K. Thompson
Summary
Terrorism and Counterterrorism in Canada analyses the nature and scope of the terrorist threat, the challenge of Canadian foreign fighters and far-right extremism, key counterterrorism policies and practices, and their consequences for Canadian society.
