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This significant book provides a comprehensive analysis of the
global dimension of European Union (EU) counter-terrorism. It
focuses on the growth of the EU as a global counter-terrorism
actor, from it having almost no role in 2001 to becoming a
significantly greater force in recent years. Analysing one of the
most important policy areas of European integration, authors
Christian Kaunert, Alex MacKenzie and Sarah Leonard consider the
key question of why the EU may have become a global actor in
counter-terrorism. The authors then develop a unique theoretical
approach in the form of actorness and collective securitization,
which analyses the EU's evolution as a counter-terrorism actor in
different case studies, such as counter-terrorism in the
transatlantic relationship, North Africa, the Middle East and South
Asia. Overall, this book highlights that the EU is, in fact,
becoming a counter-terrorism actor of growing importance and with
an ever-diversifying number of policy options available. Addressing
topical matters, this book will be a key resource for scholars,
researchers and students in fields such as European studies,
international relations, political science and governance. It will
also attract the attention of practitioners, politicians,
non-governmental and civil society organisations.
"DAMP: Contemporary Vancouver Media Arts," is a singular effort,
a visually exuberant work that is also on the vanguard of
theoretical engagement, a symbiosis of form and content, in
full-colour throughout, inclusive of extensive imagery, graphic
intrigues and typographical accent--a rare and desirable
art-infused statement of the city's media art scene--now. "DAMP" is
a long overdue critical engagement regarding the specificities of
contemporary Vancouver media arts. The editors' effort is not so
much to look to the past, nor to confine themselves within the
borders of a collective of one sort or another. Their intent is to
examine and speak to the now and the future of practice in
Vancouver, its relationship to world art-media, and to the
strategies of artists in this particular region. Origins of
thought--from First Nations source code onwards--create a framework
and starting point from which to study this mediacity. By
re-focussing on the relative unknowns of this scene--the hidden and
supressed histories, the city's internal and external mythologies
and imaginary futures--they are revealing a plainly visible but
unacknowledged praxis. "DAMP" will act as a catalyst for discussion
that stretches well beyond this locale, as it creates response and
reaction from points east, internal, and beyond nation borders.
"DAMP" includes over 25 contributions from such artists as
Laiwan, Fiona Bowie, Ann Marie Fleming, David Rimmer, Warren Arcan,
and Yum Lam Li, and critical essays by such well respected
Vancouver theorists as Clint Burnham, Jayce Salloum, and Randy Lee
Cutler.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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