Counter-terrorism and post-democratic state
The war on terror and ongoing terrorist attacks around the world have generated a growing body of literature on national and international measures to counteract terrorist activity. This detailed study investigates an aspect of contemporary counter-terrorism that has been largely overlooked; the i...
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Cheltenham, UK
Edward Elgar
[2007]
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| Series: | Monash studies in global movements series
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Global terrorism
- 2. Democracy at the crossroads? Counter-terrorism and the state
- 3. Terrorism and war
- 4. Democracy and torture: when the people decide
- 5. Military justice: David Hicks and Guantanamo Bay
- 6. The long road to Guantanamo Bay
- 7. The prohibition of torture: absolute means absolute
- 8. Constructing non-citizens: the living law of anti-terrorism in Canada
- 9. Everyone and the citizen: the devaluation of principles and protection
- 10. Dangerous evasions: enforcing limits on government action in the 'war on terror'
- 11. Counter-terrorism and the rise of 'security policing'
- 12. 'Devils and dust': extending the 'uncivil politics of law and order' to the 'war on terror'
- 13. Command and control: how the media and military are reshaping televised coverage of war
- 14. Embedded journalism: at home and abroad
- 15. Empire and democracy