| Description |
1 online resource (354 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Debating explanations of counterterrorism; 1 Terrorist campaigns and threat perceptions; French and British experiences of terrorism; Islamist terrorism and the threats to France and Britain; Evolution, ideology and motives; Islamist terrorism against France and Britain; Comparing the threats; Threat perceptions; The concept of threat perception; British and French perceptions of Islamist terrorism; 2 Legacies of history: norms, institutions and routines; Societal norms |
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Norms and historical experiences: from Paris 1789 to Belfast 1969Institutions; State institutions in Britain and France; Organisational routines; Routines of the British and French counterterrorist agencies; Combining constructivist, institutional and organisation theories; 3 Co-ordinating counterterrorism: intelligence, police and prosecution; The government level -- policy and co-ordination; British government co-ordination and the CONTEST strategy; French government co-ordination and the Livre Blanc 'strategy'; Limited government reform and the secondary role of strategy papers |
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The agency level -- why co-ordination is importantThe French approach to co-ordinating counterterrorist agencies; Organisational and institutional context; Why formal co-ordination has little impact; The agencies' informal organisational routines; Integrating inter-institutional conventions: magistrates and police; Reforms to the co-ordination of French counterterrorist agencies; An informal shift to intelligence service primacy; Bridging the judicial-intelligence divide; Why 9/11 had few implications for the French system; Sarkozy's reforms and their limitations |
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The fuelling of inter-agency competitionThe British approach to co-ordinating counterterrorist agencies; Organisational and institutional context; Formal organisational routines: intelligence and law enforcement; Separating inter-institutional conventions: security vs justice?; Reforms to the co-ordination of British counterterrorist agencies; Hesitancy in linking intelligence and police to prosecution and justice; Intelligence and police strengthen their co-operation; Counterterrorism capability and regional expansion; Change in the analysis and dissemination of terrorism intelligence |
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Explaining France and the UK's divergent counterterrorist reforms4 Justice for suspected terrorists?; The contrasting legislative frameworks of France and the UK; Pre-trial process: the charging and detention of terrorist suspects; Judgment procedures: ordinary trials and special terrorism courts; Terrorist offences: 'casting the net'; Reforming terrorism legislation after 9/11; Reinforcing the preventive logic of terrorist offences; British reforms to the detention and judgment of terrorist suspects; Administrative detention and a special court; Control orders and 'TPIMs'; Deportations |
| Summary |
Frank Foley presents the first in-depth comparative analysis of counterterrorist operations in two leading liberal democracies |
| Notes |
Permanent special procedures rejected |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Terrorism -- Great Britain -- Prevention
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National security -- Great Britain
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Terrorism -- France -- Prevention
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National security -- France
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National security
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Terrorism -- Prevention
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France
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781107335066 |
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110733506X |
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9781139342490 |
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1139342495 |
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9781107484153 |
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1107484154 |
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