Global Counter-Terrorism : A Decolonial Approach / edited by Sagnik Dutta, Tahir Abbas, and Sylvia I. Bergh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dutta, Sagnik, editor.

Abbas, Tahir, editor.

Bergh, Sylvia I., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Security, International.

Terrorism--Prevention.

Terrorism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, England : Manchester University Press, [2025]

Summary:

This collection proposes a novel contribution to counterterrorism studies by challenging Eurocentrism and methodological nationalism in existing approaches. It explores how colonial epistemes shape everyday practices of counterterrorism.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

List of figures

List of tables

List of contributors

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

I Colonialism and counter-terrorism

1 Colonial law and normal violence

2 Pashtun stereotyping and the marginalisation of non-violent movements in post-9/11 Pakistan

3 Policing ‘terrorist’ propaganda

4 The French domestic counter-terrorism framework

II Global, national, and everyday counter-terrorism practices

5 Comparative counter-terrorism

6 After the bombing of the Norwegian Government Quarter on 22 July 2011

7 ‘It takes a village’

8 The individual and the intimate in counter-terrorism

III Counter-terrorism, radicalisation, and right-wing extremism

9 The securitisation of Muslims and the growth of far-right extremism in Canada

10 The spectre of the predatory Muslim man

11 Conspiracy theories and right-wing extremism

Index

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781526178626

1526178621