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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Setting the Scene
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A Story of British Counterterrorism and Identity
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Reflecting and Looking Ahead
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“Kathryn Marie Fisher’s Security, Identity, and British Counterterrorism Policy explores the interrelated connections of discourse, security, and identity construction in counterterrorism. … The book provides a strong empirical analysis that traces the causal connectivity in explaining how counterterrorism law in the United Kingdom was shaped, legitimized, and normalized based on identity constructions. It provides a useful study about relational mechanisms that shape the securitization of counterterrorism.” (Ryan Shaffer, Terrorism and Political Violence, Vol. 29 (5), 2017)
'Fisher's theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich genealogy brings vital historical depth to existing discursive work on the politics of identity within counterterrorism policy. This outstanding new text forces readers to rethink the ways in which claims to belonging and exclusion are put together, evolve, and matter for formulating and normalising responses to terrorist violence and related security challenges.' Dr Lee Jarvis, University of East Anglia, UK
'How we perceive danger, and what we do about it, defines our identity. Fisher's book shows how we construct ourselves through the conduct of security. Using solid and clear evidence, she demonstrates that actions and statements build group identities through the process of drawing boundaries between 'us' and 'them'.' Dr Sherrill Stroschein, University College London, UK
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Security, Identity, and British Counterterrorism Policy
Authors: Kathryn Marie Fisher
Series Title: New Security Challenges
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-52422-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political Science Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-52421-8Published: 20 August 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-52422-5Published: 29 April 2016
Series ISSN: 2731-0329
Series E-ISSN: 2731-0337
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 270
Topics: British Politics, Military and Defence Studies, US Politics, Terrorism and Political Violence, Political Science, International Relations