Constructions of terrorism : an interdisciplinary approach to research and policy / edited by Michael Stohl, Richard Burchill, and Scott Englund.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stohl, Michael, 1947- editor.

Burchill, Richard, editor.

Englund, Scott, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--Social aspects.

Terrorism.

Physical Description:

vii, 244 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]

Summary:

"Discussions about the meaning of terrorism are enduring in everyday language, government policy, news reporting and international politics. Disagreements about both the definition and the class of violent events that constitute terrorism contribute to the difficulty of formulating effective responses aimed at the prevention and management of the threat of terrorism and the development of counterterrorism policies. This collection makes a major contribution to understanding terrorism through the inter-disciplinary perspectives through which the contributors confront the problem"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: constructions of terrorism / Michael Stohl, Scott Englund, and Richard Burchill

Can terrorism be defined? / Lisa Stampnitzky

Misoverestimating terrorism / John Mueller and Mark G. Stewart

Terrorism as tactic / David H. Schanzer

The construction of state terrorism / Ruth Blakeley

Killing before an audience: terrorism as performance violence / Mark Juergensmeyer

Constructing terrorism: from fear and coercion to anger and jujitsu politics / Clark McCauley

Framing terrorism: the communicative constitution of the terrorist actor / Benjamin K. Smith, Scott Englund, Andrea Figueroa-Caballero, and Michael Stohl

Some thoughts on constructions of terrorism and the framing of the terrorist threat in the UK / Anthony Richards

Contradictions in the terrorist discourse and constraints on the political imagination of violence / Richard Falk

Legal constructions of terrorism / Richard Burchill

Do different definitions of terrorism alter its causal story? / Rachel Levin and Victor Asal

Analyzing pathways of lone-actor radicalization: a relational approach / Stefan Malthaner and Lasse Lindekilde

Constructing cultures of martyrdom across religions, time, and space / Mia Bloom

Introducing Government Actions in Terror Environments (GATE) dataset / Laura Dugan and Erica Chenoweth

The world vs. Daesh: constructing a contemporary terrorist threat / Scott Englund and Michael Stohl

Conclusion, understanding how terrorism is constructed / Michael Stohl, Scott Englund, and Richard Burchill.

Notes:

This publication is part of the Constructions of Terrorism Research Project being carried out through a partnership between TRENDS Research & Advisory, Abu Dhabi, UAE, and the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Constructions of terrorism.

ISBN:

9780520294165

0520294165

9780520294172

0520294173

OCLC:

974795645