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Terrorism, Talking and Transformation (Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies) - Softcover

Book 9 of 34: Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies

Toros, Harmonie

 
9781138495104: Terrorism, Talking and Transformation (Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1138495107 ISBN 13: 9781138495104
Publisher: Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

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 "negotiating with terrorists" is so often shunned by decision-makers and scholars as a policy response, concluding that such objections are primarily based on a realist and statist understanding of terrorism that has dominated the field so far.

Based on interviews with top rebel and military commanders in the southern Philippine region of Mindanao and interviewing key actors in Northern Ireland, Terrorism, Talking and Transformation investigates how talking may contribute to the transformation of conflicts marked by terrorist violence. The result of this analysis is a theoretically grounded, empirically recognizable and emancipation-oriented framework that may be used to investigate the potential of talking in transforming not only terrorist (and counterterrorist) violence, but also the underlying structural violence that often surrounds it.

This book will be of much interest to students in the fields of terrorism studies, security studies, Southeast Asian studies, conflict resolution/transformation and international relations in general, and of use to practitioners in the field.

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About the Author

Harmonie Toros is lecturer in International Conflict Analysis at the University of Kent. After covering international security and terrorism as a reporter for major international news agencies for nearly ten years, she returned to academia to complete a PhD at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138495107
ISBN 13 
9781138495104
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
256