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Zusatztext "An innovative approach to assess effectiveness in governmental counterterrorism measures through what the author terms "the concept of the performative power of counterterrorism!" which is "the extent to which governments succeed in mobilizing public and political support in favor of their policies! thereby weakening terrorists' ability to create their "social drama." - Joshua Sinai! 'Terrorism Bookshelf: Top 150 Books on Terrorism and Counterterrorism'! Perspectives on Terrorism! Vol. 6! No. 2 (2012) Informationen zum Autor Beatrice de Graaf is a Historian and Associate Professor at the Centre for Terrorism and Counterterrorism at Leiden University, Netherlands. Klappentext This book offers a new model for measuring the success and impact of counterterrorism strategies, using four comparative historical case studies. Zusammenfassung This book offers a new model for measuring the success and impact of counterterrorism strategies, using four comparative historical case studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. The Dutch Approach’: Restrained and fragmented 3. The Federal Republic of Germany: Democracy Under Fire 4. Counterterrorism in the United States: Countering Subversives, Revolutionaries and Communists 5. Counterterrorism in Italy: Deception or Mismanagement? 6. The performative Power of Counterterrorism 7. Police Practice as Signifier 8. Intelligence Signifiers 9. Terrorists on Trial: The Courtroom as Stage 10. The ‘Performance’ of Counterterrorism Policy
