Terrorism A Critical Introduction

Name: Terrorism A Critical Introduction
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ISBN: 9780230221185

ISBN-10: 0230221181

ISBN-13: 9780230221185

Edition: 2011

Authors: Richard Jackson, Lee Jarvis, Jeroen Gunning, Marie Breen-Smyth

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List price: $33.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 4/12/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.73" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Lee Jarvis is a Senior Lecturer in International Security at the University of East Anglia, UK. He has articles published in a range of top journals including Security Dialogue, Political Studies, Millennium, and International Relations. He is author of Times of Terror: Discourse, Temporality and the War on Terror , and co-author of Terrorism: A Critical Introduction . The latter was awarded a 2012 Choice Outstanding Academic Title award.



List of Illustrations


Preface and Acknowledgements


List of Abbreviations


Introduction



The Study of Terrorism



The Orthodox Study of Terrorism


Introduction


Terrorology and the terrorism industry


The limitations of orthodox approaches to terrorism


Knowledge, power and problem-solving theory


The myths of political terrorism


Conclusion



Critical Approaches to Terrorism Studies


Introduction


Critical approaches to terrorism


The critical turn and CTS


A critical research agenda


Conclusion



The Cultural Construction of Terrorism


Introduction


The role of the media in terrorism


Terrorism in popular culture


9/11 and the construction of a social narrative


Terrorism and national identity


Conclusion



Bringing Gender into the Study of Terrorism


Introduction


Key terms and concepts


Masculinity, hypermasculinity and political violence


Heteronormativity and the sexualization of terrorism


Female combatants: pawns, victims or agents?


Gender based violence: sexual terror and rape as a war crime


Conclusion



Key Issues



Conceptualizing Terrorism


Introduction


The definitional quagmire


Common mistakes in defining terrorism


The politics of labelling


Some characteristics of political terror


The ontological limits of terrorism


Conclusion



Reconsidering the Terrorism Threat


Introduction


Assessing the terrorism threat


Explaining the terror of terrorism


Conclusion



Types of Terrorism


Introduction


The categories of terrorism studies


Evaluating categories of terrorism


Is the new terrorism really new?


How religious is religious terrorism?


Conclusion



Understanding State Terrorism


Introduction


Conceptualizing state terrorism


An overview of state terrorism


State terrorism: aims, methods and types


Conclusion



The Causes of Non-State Terrorism


Introduction


Thinking critically about causation


Some prevalent myths


Macro-level explanations


From macro- to meso- and micro-level explanations


Explaining and understanding suicide bombing


Conclusion



Responding to Non-State Terrorism


Introduction


Counter-terrorism approaches


Key issues in contemporary counter-terrorism


A critical assessment of counter-terrorism


Conclusion



Assessing the War on Terrorism


Introduction


An overview of a global anti-terror campaign


Assessing the war on terrorism


Explaining the war on terrorism


Conclusion


Glossary of Terms


References


Index