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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burchill, Richard, editor.

Englund, Scott Howard, editor.

Stohl, Michael, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--Social aspects.

Terrorism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

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. And 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. Constructions of Terrorism collects works from the leading scholars on terrorism from an array of disciplines-including communication, political science, sociology, global studies, and public policy-to establish appropriate research frameworks for understanding how we construct our understanding of terrorism.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Introduction: Constructions of Terrorism / Englund, Scott / Stohl, Michael / Burchill, Richard

1. Can Terrorism Be Defined? / Stampnitzky, Lisa

2. Misoverestimating Terrorism / Mueller, John / Stewart, Mark G.

3. Terrorism as Tactic / Schanzer, David H.

4. The Construction of State Terrorism / Blakeley, Ruth

5. Killing before an Audience: Terrorism as Performance Violence / Juergensmeyer, Mark

6. Constructing Terrorism: From Fear and Coercion to Anger and Jujitsu Politics / McCauley, Clark

7. Framing Terrorism: The Communicative Constitution of the Terrorist Actor / Smith, Benjamin K. / Englund, Scott / Figueroa-Caballero, Andrea / Salcido, Elena / Stohl, Michael

8. Some Thoughts on Constructions of Terrorism and the Framing of the Terrorist Threat in the United Kingdom / Richards, Anthony

9. Contradictions in the Terrorist Discourse and Constraints on the Political Imagination of Violence / Falk, Richard

10. Legal Constructions of Terrorism / Burchill, Richard

11. Do Different Definitions of Terrorism Alter Its Causal Story? / Levin, Rachel / Asal, Victor

12. Analyzing Pathways of Lone-Actor Radicalization: A Relational Approach / Malthaner, Stefan / Lindekilde, Lasse

13. Constructing Cultures of Martyrdom across Religions, Time, and Space / Bloom, Mia

14. Introducing the Government Actions in Terror Environments (GATE) Data Set / Dugan, Laura / Chenoweth, Erica

15. The World versus Daesh: Constructing a Contemporary Terrorist Threat / Englund, Scott / Stohl, Michael

Conclusion: Understanding How Terrorism Is Constructed / Englund, Scott / Stohl, Michael / Burchill, Richard

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520967397

0520967399

OCLC:

974912828