Terror, Insecurity and Liberty: Illiberal Practices of Liberal Regimes after 9/11 (Routledge Studies in Liberty and Security)

Tsoukala, Anastassia

ISBN 10: 0415490685 / ISBN 13: 9780415490689

Published by Routledge, 2008

About this Item

Although the debate surrounding civil rights and liberties in post-9/11 Europe has focused on the forms, provisions and legal consequences of security-led policies, this volume takes an inter-disciplinary approach to explore how these policies have come to generate illiberal practices. Editor(s): Bigo, Professor Didier; Tsoukala, Anastassia. Series: Routledge Studies in Liberty and Security. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314. . 2008. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Terror, Insecurity and Liberty: Illiberal Practices of Liberal Regimes after 9/11 (Routledge Studies in Liberty and Security)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415490685
• ISBN 13: 9780415490689
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This edited volume questions the widespread resort to illiberal security practices by contemporary liberal regimes since 9/11, and argues that counter-terrorism is embedded into the very logic of the fields of politics and security.

About the Author

Didier Bigo is Professor of International Relations at Sciences-Po Paris, and visiting Professor at King's College London. Anastassia Tsoukala is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at University Paris XI, and Research fellow at University Paris V-Sorbonne.