Critical Terrorism Studies : An Introduction to Research Methods.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stump, Jacob L.

Contributor:

Dixit, Priya.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--Research--Methodology.

Terrorism -- Research -- Methodology.

Terrorism--Study and teaching.

Terrorism -- Study and teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Taylor & Francis Group, 2013.

Summary:

This book is an introduction to critical approaches to terrorism studies. While there is a growing body of Critical Terrorism Studies (CTS) literature devoted to empirical examples and conceptual development, very little has been written about how to systematically carry out this kind of research. Critical Terrorism Studies fills this gap by addressing three key themes: The position of terrorism studies and critical terrorism studies in the discipline of International Relations (IR) Theoretical and methodological elaborations of critical approaches to the study of terrorism Empirical illustrations of those approaches. Drawing upon a range of engaging material, the volume reviews a series of non-variable based methodological approaches. It then goes on to provide empirical examples that illustrate how these approaches have been and can be utilized by students, teachers, and postgraduate researchers alike to critically and rigorously study terrorism. This textbook will be of much interest to students of terrorism studies, sociology, critical security studies, and IR in general.

Contents:

Cover

Critical Terrorism Studies

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

1 The Critical Terrorism Studies Project

Introduction

CTS: Arguments For and Against

Clarifying Some Key Issues

Organization of the Book

PART I The History and Transdisciplinarity of (Critical) Terrorism Studies

2 Terrorism Studies in International Relations

A Brief History of Terrorism Studies in IR

Critical Security Studies and Critical Terrorism Studies

Conclusion

3 Introducing Critical Terrorism Studies

The Current State of Critical Terrorism Scholarship

(Inter) Disciplining Critical Terrorism Studies

A New CTS? Methodological and Geographical Plurality

PART II Methods for Doing Critical Terrorism Studies

4 Terrorism and Critical Theory

Historical Background

The "Critical" in Critical Theory

Key Concepts

Potential Research Strategies

5 Postcolonial and Feminist Approaches to Terrorism

Feminism and Terrorism Studies: An Overview

Postcolonialism and Terrorism Studies: An Overview

Postcolonial Feminism and Terrorism: An Overview

Research Designs: Feminism, Postcolonialism, and Postcolonial Feminism

Conclusion: Ethical Concerns

Research Strategy

6 Ethnography of the Terrorist Subject

Identifying a Community, Gaining Access, and Developing Rapport

Accessing Data

Inscriptions

Ethical Issues

Potential Research Design Strategy

7 Making Sense of Terrorism and Counterterrorism

Locating a Community: Policy-makers, Policy Implementers, and the Affected

Gaining Access to a Community and Developing Rapport

8 Discourse Analysis and Terrorism Studies

Introduction.

Defining Discourse

Traditions of Discourse: Critical and Poststructural/Foucauldian

Discourse Analysis in Terrorism Studies

Research Design: Questions, Discourses, Discursive Formations, and Identities

Conclusion: Analyzing Language in Use, Questioning Common Sense

9 Discourse Analysis of the Counterterrorist State

The Role of the State in Terrorism Studies

A Genealogy of the Counterterrorist State

Some Research Concerns for Analyzing (Counter) Terrorism Discourses

Research Design

10 Terrorism and Social Network Analysis

Basic Social Network Concepts

Software for Network Analysis

11 Conclusion

Critical Research on Terrorism

The Way(s) Forward

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Stump, Jacob L. Critical Terrorism Studies

ISBN:

9781135104184

OCLC:

822025266