Chasing Events : 9/11 and Other Cases in the American, French, and Dutch Public Spheres (2001 - 2021)

Thijs van Dooremalen

ISBN 10: 3032192471 / ISBN 13: 9783032192479

Published by Birkhäuser, 2026

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book introduces a novel research approach to capture event effects: chasing the direct associations actors make with them. Thijs van Dooremalen applies this approach to the meaning-making of 9/11 and a variety of other cases the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, the Madrid train and Charlie Hebdo attacks, the Arab Spring, the first Trump election, and COVID across the American, French, and Dutch public spheres. Combining computational and qualitative text analyses, he chases these events from 2001 to 2021. This results in key lessons on how foreign events spark domestic debates, under which conditions they evoke social change, and their long-term, path dependent lives .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Chasing Events : 9/11 and Other Cases in the American, French, and Dutch Public Spheres (2001 - 2021)
• Publisher: Birkhäuser
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3032192471
• ISBN 13: 9783032192479
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 153H x 16D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 16 millimeters depth
• Weight: 381 grams

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Synopsis

This book introduces a novel research approach to capture event effects: ‘chasing’ the direct associations actors make with them. Thijs van Dooremalen applies this approach to the meaning-making of 9/11 and a variety of other cases — the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, the Madrid train and Charlie Hebdo attacks, the Arab Spring, the first Trump election, and COVID — across the American, French, and Dutch public spheres. Combining computational and qualitative text analyses, he ‘chases’ these events from 2001 to 2021. This results in key lessons on how foreign events spark domestic debates, under which conditions they evoke social change, and their long-term, path dependent ‘lives’.

About the Author

Thijs van Dooremalen is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University, the Netherlands. He previously worked at the University of Amsterdam, KU Leuven, and Harvard University.