{"product_id":"counter-terrorism-and-state-political-violence-1","title":"Counter-Terrorism and State Political Violence","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book examines how state counter-terrorism strategies are invariably underpinned by terror, in the form of state political violence. It seeks to answer three key questions: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTo what extent can counter-terror strategies be read as a form of state terror?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow fundamental is state terror to the maintenance of a neo-liberal social order?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat are the features of counter-terrorism that render it so easily reducible to state terror? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn order to explore these issues, and to reach an understanding of what it means to say that the ‘war on terror’ is terror , the contributing authors draw upon case studies from a range of geographical contexts including the UK and Northern Ireland, the US and Colombia, and Sri Lanka and Tamil Eelam. Analysing these case studies from a psychological-warfare and hegemonic perspective, the book also includes two chapters from Noam Chomsky and John Pilger, which provide a global and historical context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of great interest to students of critical terrorism studies, political violence, war and conflict studies, sociology, international security and IR.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54257593647448,"sku":"9780415748094","price":67.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415748094_3445d571-bb3d-4fe5-b584-b10d951c3894.jpg?v=1769074241","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/counter-terrorism-and-state-political-violence-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}