Security Studies Catalog 2013

Terrorism Studies

A Reader

Edited by John Horgan, Kurt Braddock

This new Reader aims to guide students through some of the key readings on the subject of terrorism and political violence. In an age when there is more written about terrorism than anyone can possibly read in a lifetime, it has become increasingly difficult for students and scholars to navigate...

Published July 13th 2011 by Routledge

The Evolution of EU Counter-Terrorism

European Security Policy after 9/11

By Raphael Bossong

Series: Contemporary Terrorism Studies

This book traces the evolution of the EU’s fight against terrorism from the late 1970s until the end of the first decade after 9/11. This historical analysis covers both EU-internal and international counterterrorism policies and features an in-depth account of the EU’s reaction to the terrorist...

Published September 30th 2012 by Routledge

Conducting Terrorism Field Research

A Guide

Edited by Adam Dolnik

Series: Contemporary Terrorism Studies

This book offers a detailed and practically oriented guide to the challenges of conducting terrorist fieldwork. The past decade has seen an explosion of research into terrorism. However, field research on terrorism has traditionally been surrounded by many myths, and has been called anything from "...

Published February 26th 2013 by Routledge

US-UK Counter-Terrorism After 9/11

A Qualitative Approach

By Edgar Tembo

Series: Contemporary Terrorism Studies

Utilising an innovative analytical framework, this book provides a qualitative analysis of the costs and benefits of the counter-terrorism policy of the UK and the USA. Since 9/11, both the USA and UK have significantly revamped their counter-terrorism approaches. The approaches apply, to varying...

To Be Published January 30th 2014 by Routledge

Al Qaeda

Edited by Paul Cruickshank

Series: Critical Concepts in Political Science

This new Routledge Major Work collection of the best scholarly research and serious writing on Al Qaeda will be welcomed by researchers, students, and counter-terrorism specialists as the go-to resource. The gathered materials are mainly drawn from scholarly journals of the first rank and chapters...

Published November 11th 2012 by Routledge

Ending Terrorism in Italy

By Anna Cento Bull, Philip Cooke

Series: Extremism and Democracy

Ending Terrorism in Italy analyses processes of disengagement from terrorism, as well as the connected issues of reconciliation, truth and justice. It examines in a critical and original way how terrorism came to an end in Italy (Part I), and the legacy it has left behind (Part II). The book...

To Be Published May 27th 2013 by Routledge

An International History of Terrorism

Western and Non-Western Experiences

Edited by Jussi M. Hanhimäki, Bernhard Blumenau

Series: Political Violence

The aim of this book is to provide readers with the tools to understand the historical evolution of terrorism and counterterrorism over the past 150 years. In order to appreciate the contemporary challenges posed by terrorism it is necessary to look at its evolution, at the different phases it has...

Published January 16th 2013 by Routledge

Democracy and Terrorism

Friend or Foe?

By Leonard Weinberg

Series: Political Violence

This book examines the relationships between democratic government and political terrorism. Since the 9/11 attacks, the United States and many of its allies have declared a ‘war on terrorism’. This struggle has been inspired in part by the belief is that by promoting democracy they will also bring...

Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge

Prisons, Terrorism and Extremism

Critical Issues in Management, Radicalisation and Reform

Edited by Andrew Silke

Series: Political Violence

This volume provides an overview of intervention and management strategies for dealing with terrorist and extremist offenders in prisons. It focuses not only on current threats but draws critical lessons from historical case studies, and considers the experience of a wide range of...

To Be Published December 14th 2013 by Routledge

State Terrorism and Human Rights

International Responses since the End of the Cold War

Edited by Gillian Duncan, Orla Lynch, Gilbert Ramsay, Alison M.S. Watson

Series: Political Violence

This book aims to improve understanding of the broad trends in the utilisation of political violence by examining the use of state terror in world politics. The ending of the Cold War and the overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe led many to assume that this presaged the demise of the one-party...

Published February 14th 2013 by Routledge

The Terrorism Reader

4th Edition

Edited by David J. Whittaker

Series: Routledge Readers in History

The Terrorism Reader is an intriguing introduction to a notorious and disturbing international phenomenon. The book draws together material from a variety of experts and clearly explains their opinions on terrorism, allowing understanding, conjecture and debate. David J. Whittaker explores all...

Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge

Network Governance in Response to Acts of Terrorism

Comparative Analyses

By Naim Kapucu

Series: Routledge Research in Public Administration and Public Policy

High performance during catastrophic terrorist events require the ability to assess and adapt capacity rapidly, restore or enhance disrupted or inadequate communications, utilize flexible decision making swiftly, and expand coordination and trust between multiple emergency and crisis response...

Published May 28th 2012 by Routledge

Ten Years After 9/11 - Rethinking the Jihadist Threat

By Arabinda Acharya

Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

Ten years after the 9/11 attacks this book reassesses the effectiveness of the "War on Terror", considers how al-Qaeda and other jihadist movements are faring, explores the impact of wider developments in the Islamic world such as the Arab Spring, and discusses whether all this suggests that a new...

Published February 11th 2013 by Routledge

Contemporary Terrorism and the Global Response

By Paul Norman

An accessible examination of the dynamic inter-relationship between the phenomena of terrorism and the contemporary response at the national, regional and global level. This topical study is divided into two main sections. The first considers the contemporary study of terrorism, with new forms of...

To Be Published February 28th 2014 by Routledge

Arguing Counterterrorism

New Perspectives

Edited by Daniela Pisoiu

Series: Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies

This book offers a multifaceted, analytical account of counterterrorism argumentative speech. The existing works in this field are thematically, chronologically and methodologically limited, taking a selective focus on issues, actors and methods and focusing mainly on ...

To Be Published December 30th 2013 by Routledge

Counter-Terrorism and State Political Violence

The 'War on Terror' as Terror

Edited by Scott Poynting, David Whyte

Series: Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies

This edited volume aims to deepen our understanding of state power through a series of case studies of political violence arising from state ‘counter-terrorism’ strategies. The book examines how state counter-terrorism strategies are invariably underpinned by terror, in the form of state political...

Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge

Lessons and Legacies of the War On Terror

From moral panic to permanent war

Edited by Gershon Shafir, Everard Meade, William Aceves

Series: Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies

This volume examines the lessons and legacies of the U.S.-led "Global War on Terror," utilizing the framework of a political "moral panic." A decade after 9/11, it is increasingly difficult to deny that terror has prevailed – not as a specific enemy, but as a way of life. Transport, trade, and...

Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge

States of War since 9/11

Terrorism, Sovereignty and the War on Terror

Edited by Alex Houen

Series: Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies

This multidisciplinary edited volume explores how the spread of the 'War on Terror' has entwined matters of state sovereignty and states of war into mutually-affecting relations. Pre-emptive attacks on terrorist groups in ‘rogue’ states; ‘outsourcing’ of state militancy; and the mutable state of...

To Be Published December 30th 2013 by Routledge

Terrorism, Talking and Transformation

A Critical Approach

By Harmonie Toros

Series: Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies

Using rare field research, this book investigates whether and how talking may transform terrorist violence. Given the failings of today’s dominant counterterrorism strategy, is talking a viable policy option to transform conflicts marked by terrorist violence? This book examines the reasons why "...

Published February 16th 2012 by Routledge

The Making of Terrorism in Pakistan

Historical and Social Roots of Extremism

By Eamon Murphy

Series: Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies

This book explains the origins and nature of terrorism in Pakistan and examines the social, political and economic factors that have contributed to the rise of political violence there. Since 9/11, the state of Pakistan has come to be regarded as the epicentre of terrorist activity committed in...

Published November 25th 2012 by Routledge

The Politics of Terrorism Expertise

Knowledge, Power and the Media

Edited by David Miller, Tom Mills

Series: Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies

This book provides an account of the history, geopolitics, activities and impact of the terror experts. It outlines the emergence and development of a ‘nexus’ of terror experts – a group which collectively promote a particular view of political violence, and who are very well networked with think...

To Be Published March 30th 2014 by Routledge

Developments in Counter-Terrorist Measures and Uses of Technology

Edited by Helen Fenwick

This book considers some of the most notable aspects of the legal response to the "war on terror" post- 9/11 and the use of technology to support them. It examines the shift from a criminal justice response to the creation of a parallel preventive system running in tandem with it. This system...

Published April 3rd 2012 by Routledge

Global Terrorism

3rd Edition

By James Lutz, Brenda Lutz

Global Terrorism 3rd edition continues to provide students with the most comprehensive introduction to terrorism as a global phenomenon. It introduces students to history, politics, ideologies and strategies of both contemporary and older terrorist groups. Written in a clear and accessible...

Published March 19th 2013 by Routledge

Intersections of Crime and Terror

Edited by James J.F. Forest

During the last ten years an increasing number of government and media reports, scholarly books and journal articles, and other publications have focused our attention on the expanded range of interactions between international organized crime and terrorist networks. A majority of these...

Published November 28th 2012 by Routledge

Crime-Terror Alliances and the State

Ethnonationalist and Islamist Challenges to Regional Security

By Lyubov Mincheva, Ted Robert Gurr

Series: Contemporary Security Studies

This book examines the trans-border connections between militant and criminal networks and the relationship between these and the states in which they operate. "Unholy alliances" is a term used to describe hybrid trans-border militant and criminal networks that pose serious threats to security in...

Published December 6th 2012 by Routledge

The Routledge Companion to UK Counter-Terrorism

Edited by Andrew Staniforth, Fraser Sampson

The United Kingdom has long been an island under siege from terrorists who believe they can advance their aims through acts of violence. Protecting the public from the excesses of extremism remains the primary responsibility of government. For over a century Special Branch, MI5 and MI6 have...

Published October 25th 2012 by Routledge

Torturing Terrorists

Exploring the Limits of Law, Human Rights and Academic Inquiry

By Philip Rumney

This book considers the theoretical, policy and empirical arguments relevant to the debate concerning the legalisation of interrogational torture. Torturing Terrorists examines, as part of a consequentialist analysis, the nature and impact of torture and the implications of its legal regulation on...

To Be Published October 31st 2013 by Routledge

Freedom

By Nick Stevenson

Series: Shortcuts

Freedom is commonly recognized as the struggle for basic liberties, societies based upon open dialogue, human rights and democracy. The idea of freedom is central to western ideas of modernity, but this engaging, accessible book argues that if we look back at the history of the idea of freedom,...

Published February 22nd 2012 by Routledge

The Sociology of Terrorism

People, Places and Processes

By Stephen Vertigans

This is the first terrorism textbook based on sociological research. It adopts an innovative framework that draws together historical and modern, local and global, and social processes for a range of individuals, groups and societies. Individual behaviour and dispositions are embedded within these...

Published August 23rd 2011 by Routledge