Terror, Insecurity and Liberty
Illiberal Practices of Liberal Regimes after 9/11
Published on 13. May 2008
208 pages
978-1-134-03636-3 (ISBN)
Description
This edited volume questions the widespread resort to illiberal security practices by contemporary liberal regimes since 9/11, and argues that counter-terrorism is embedded into the very logic of the fields of politics and security.Although recent debate surrounding civil rights and liberties in post-9/11 Europe has focused on the forms, provisions
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
2 s/w Zeichnungen
2 line drawings
File size
0,50 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-03636-3 (9781134036363)
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Didier Bigo | Anastassia Tsoukala
Terror, Insecurity and Liberty
Illiberal Practices of Liberal Regimes after 9/11
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10/2008
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Didier Bigo | Anastassia Tsoukala
Terror, Insecurity and Liberty
Illiberal Practices of Liberal Regimes after 9/11
Book
05/2008
1st Edition
Routledge
€231.50
Shipment within 15-20 days
Persons
Didier Bigo is Professor of International Relations at Sciences-Po Paris, and visiting Professor at King's College London. Anastassia Tsoukala is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at University Paris XI, and Research fellow at University Paris V-Sorbonne.
Content
Notes on contributors, Acknowledgements, 1 Understanding (in)security, 2 Globalized (in)security: the field and the ban-opticon, 3 Defining the terrorist threat in the post-September 11 era, 4 'Hidden in plain sight': intelligence, exception and suspicion after 11 September 2001, 5 Military activities within national boundaries: the French case, 6 Military interventions and the concept of the political: bringing the political back into the interactions between external forces and local societies, Select bibliography, Index
