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Title Counter-terrorism and the post-democratic state / edited by Jenny Hocking and Colleen Lewis
Published Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 224 pages)
Series Monash studies in global movements series
Monash studies in global movements series.
Contents Global terrorism / Mo Mowlan -- Democracy at the crossroads? Counter-terrorism and the state / Tariq Ali -- Terrorism and war / Giovanni Kessler -- Democracy and torture : when the people decide / Thomas Mertens and Morag Goodwin -- Military justice : David Hicks and Guantanamo Bay / Lex Lasry -- The long road to Guantanamo Bay / Stephen Kenny -- The prohibition of torture : absolute means absolute / Nigel S. Rodley -- Constructing non-citizens : the living law of anti-terrorism in Canada / Reem Bahdi -- Everyone and the citizen : the devalution of principles of protection / Guy S. Goodwin-Gill -- Dangerous evasions : enforcing limits on government action in the 'war on terror' / Devika Hovell -- Counter-terrorism and the rise of 'security policing' / Jenny Hocking and Colleen Lewis -- 'Devils and dust' : extending the 'uncivil politics of law and order' to the 'war on terror' / David Brown and Janice Gray -- Command and control : how the media and military are reshaping televised coverage of war / Tony Maniaty -- Embedded journalism : at home and abroad / Martin Woollacott -- A new history of democracy / John Keane
Summary Addresses the question of whether, in the context of the 'war on terror', the national security imperative has compromised the democratic state. This book investigates an aspect of contemporary counter-terrorism. It is intended for graduate and undergraduate students in politics, public policy, international relations, criminology studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Terrorism.
Terrorism -- Prevention.
Democracy.
terrorism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Terrorism.
Democracy
Terrorism
Terrorism -- Prevention
Demokratie
Gefährdung
Terrorismus
Prävention
Bekämpfung
Form Electronic book
Author Hocking, Jenny.
Lewis, Colleen.
ISBN 9781847208712
1847208711