This edited volume questions the widespread resort to illiberal
security practices by contemporary liberal regimes since 9/11, and
argues that counter-terrorism is embedded into the very logic of
the fields of politics and security.
Although recent debate surrounding civil rights and liberties in
post-9/11 Europe has focused on the forms, provisions and legal
consequences of security-led policies, this volume takes an
inter-disciplinary approach to explore how these policies have come
to generate illiberal practices. The book argues that policies
implemented in the name of protection and national security have
had a strong effect on civil liberties, human rights and social
cohesion - in particular, but not only, since 9/11. The book
undertakes detailed sociological enquiries concerning security
agencies, and analyses public discourses on the definition of the
terrorist threat. In doing so, it aims to show that the current
reframing of civil rights and liberties is in part a result of the
very functioning of both the political and the security fields, in
that it is embedded in a broad array of domestic and transnational
political, administrative and bureaucratic stakes.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Routledge Studies in Liberty and Security |
Release date: |
October 2008 |
First published: |
2008 |
Editors: |
Didier Bigo
• Anastassia Tsoukala
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
208 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-49068-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
|
LSN: |
0-415-49068-5 |
Barcode: |
9780415490689 |
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