Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies
About the Book Series
This book series will publish rigorous and innovative studies on all aspects of terrorism, counter-terrorism and state terror. It seeks to advance a new generation of thinking on traditional subjects, investigate topics frequently overlooked in orthodox accounts of terrorism and to apply knowledge from disciplines beyond International Relations and Security Studies. Books in this series will typically adopt approaches informed by critical-normative theory, post-positivist methodologies and non-Western perspectives, as well as rigorous and reflective orthodox terrorism studies.
Terrorism, Talking and Transformation: A Critical Approach
1st Edition
By Harmonie Toros
February 12, 2018
Using rare field research, this book investigates whether and how talking may transform terrorist violence. Given the failings of today’s dominant counterterrorism strategy, is talking a viable policy option to transform conflicts marked by terrorist violence? This book examines the reasons why "...
Hamas, Jihad and Popular Legitimacy: Reinterpreting Resistance in Palestine
1st Edition
By Tristan Dunning
June 16, 2017
This book investigates the many faces of Hamas and examines its ongoing evolution as a resistance organisation in the context of the Israel/Palestine conflict. Specifically, the work interrogates Hamas’ interpretation, reinterpretation and application of the twin concepts of muqawama (resistance) ...
Ending ETA's Armed Campaign: How and Why the Basque Armed Group Abandoned Violence
1st Edition
By Imanol Murua
November 23, 2016
This book explains how and why the Basque separatist armed group ETA decided to end its armed campaign against the Spanish state. The ETA’s armed campaign for Basque independence lasted fifty years and led to more than 800 casualties. This book analyzes the factors that led to ETA ending its ...
Counter-Radicalisation: Critical Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Christopher Baker-Beall, Charlotte Heath-Kelly, Lee Jarvis
October 10, 2016
This book offers a wide-ranging and critical examination of recent counter-radicalisation policies, using case studies from several countries. Counter-radicalisation policies, such as the UK ‘Prevent’ strategy, have been highly controversial and increasingly criticised since their introduction. In ...
Critical Perspectives on Counter-terrorism
1st Edition
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By Lee Jarvis, Michael Lister
August 23, 2016
This volume examines the rationale, effectiveness and consequences of counter terrorism practices from a range of perspectives and cases. The book critically interrogates contemporary counter-terrorism powers from military campaigns and repression through to the prosecution of terrorist suspects, ...
Lessons and Legacies of the War On Terror: From moral panic to permanent war
1st Edition
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By Gershon Shafir, Everard Meade, William Aceves
May 31, 2016
This volume examines the lessons and legacies of the U.S.-led "Global War on Terror," utilizing the framework of a political "moral panic." A decade after 9/11, it is increasingly difficult to deny that terror has prevailed – not as a specific enemy, but as a way of life. Transport, trade, and ...
Arguing Counterterrorism: New perspectives
1st Edition
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By Daniela Pisoiu
July 22, 2015
This book offers a multifaceted, analytical account of counterterrorism argumentative speech. Traditionally, existing scholarship in this field of research has taken a selective focus on issues and actors, concentrating mainly on US state discourse after 9/11. However, this approach ignores the ...
States of War since 9/11: Terrorism, Sovereignty and the War on Terror
1st Edition
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By Alex Houen
July 22, 2015
This multidisciplinary edited volume explores how the spread of the 'War on Terror' has entwined matters of state sovereignty and states of war into mutually affecting relations. Pre-emptive attacks on terrorist groups in ‘rogue’ states, ‘outsourcing’ of state militancy and the mutable state of ...
Discourses and Practices of Terrorism: Interrogating Terror
1st Edition
Edited
By Bob Brecher, Mark Devenney, Aaron Winter
April 09, 2015
This interdisciplinary book investigates the consequences of the language of terror for our lives in democratic societies. The approach of this book is in direct contrast with those that either view terrorism simplistically, as a clear reality threatening democratic society and thus requiring ...
The Making of Terrorism in Pakistan: Historical and Social Roots of Extremism
1st Edition
By Eamon Murphy
September 11, 2014
This book explains the origins and nature of terrorism in Pakistan and examines the social, political and economic factors that have contributed to the rise of political violence there. Since 9/11, the state of Pakistan has come to be regarded as the epicentre of terrorist activity committed in ...
Selling the War on Terror: Foreign Policy Discourses after 9/11
1st Edition
By Jack Holland
May 30, 2014
This book uses a comparative analysis to examine foreign policy discourses and the dynamics of the ‘War on Terror'. The book considers the three principal members of the Coalition of the Willing in Afghanistan and Iraq: the United States, Britain and Australia. Despite significant cultural, ...
Counter-Terrorism and State Political Violence: The 'War on Terror' as Terror
1st Edition
Edited
By Scott Poynting, David Whyte
November 08, 2013
This edited volume aims to deepen our understanding of state power through a series of case studies of political violence arising from state ‘counter-terrorism’ strategies. The book examines how state counter-terrorism strategies are invariably underpinned by terror, in the form of state political...