Critical Terrorism Studies Since 11 September 2001 - What Has Been Learned?

Informationen zum Autor David Miller is Professor of Sociology at the University of Bath! UK and an ESRC Global Uncertainties Leadership Fellow (2013-15).Jessie Blackbourn is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of New South Wales.Rani Dhanda is a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Bath.Helen Dexter is a Teaching Fellow at the University of Leicester. Zusammenfassung This book explodes mainstream understanding of ‘terrorism’ by showcasing a wide range of alternative ways of understanding political violence and shows the way forward for researching and understanding the role of violence in domestic and international affairs. This book was published as a special issue of Critical Terrorism Studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Editor’s Introduction: A decade on from 11 September 2001: what has critical terrorism studies learned? 2. Unknown knowns: the subjugated knowledge of terrorism studies 3. Don’t confuse me with the facts: knowledge claims and terrorism 4. Drones, witches and other flying objects: the force of fantasy in US counterterrorism 5. Reinventing prevention or exposing the gap? False positives in UK terrorism governance and the quest for pre-emption 6. Social cohesion and the notion of ‘suspect communities’: a study of the experiences and impacts of being ‘suspect’ for Irish communities and Muslim communities in Britain 7. ‘Events dear boy, events’: terrorism and security from the perspective of politics 8. Terrorism and violence: another violence is possible? 9. Conclusion: The beginning of terrorism studies… or the end?

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• Authors: David (University of Bath Miller, David (University of Pittsburgh Miller
• Assisted by: Jessie Blackbourn (Editor), Blackbourn Jessie (Editor), Helen Dexter (Editor), Dexter Helen (Editor), Rani Dhanda (Editor), Dhanda Rani (Editor), David Miller (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.08.2013
• EAN: 9780415838528
• ISBN: 978-0-415-83852-8
• No. of pages: 156
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Terrorism, armed struggle