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Overview"This volume examines the lessons and legacies of the U.S.-led ""Global War on Terror,"" utilizing the framework of a political ""moral panic."" A decade after 9/11, it is increasingly difficult to deny that terror has prevailed – not as a specific enemy, but as a way of life. Transport, trade, and communications are repeatedly threatened and disrupted worldwide. While the pace and intensity of terror attacks have abated, many of the temporary security measures and sacrifices of liberty adopted in their immediate aftermath have become more or less permanent. This book examines the social, cultural, and political drivers of the war on terror through the framework of a ""political moral panic"": the exploration of threats to particular individuals or institutions that come to be viewed as threats to a way of life, social norms and values, civilization, and even morality itself. Drawing upon a wide range of domestic and international case studies, this volume reinforces the need for reason, empathy, and a dogged defence of principle in the face of terror. This book will be of much interest to students of terrorism studies, human rights, U.S. foreign policy, American politics, and Security Studies and I.R. in general." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gershon Shafir (University of California, San Diego, USA) , Everard Meade (University of California San Diego, USA) , William Aceves (California Western School of Law, San Diego, USA)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.530kg ISBN: 9780415638418ISBN 10: 0415638410 Pages: 188 Publication Date: 30 November 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThe contributors to this conceptually interesting and provocative volume utilize the framework of what they term a political 'moral panic' to examine the lessons and legacies of the United States-led Global War on Terror.' - Dr. Joshua Sinai The contributors to this conceptually interesting and provocative volume utilize the framework of what they term a political 'moral panic' to examine the lessons and legacies of the United States-led Global War on Terror.' - Dr. Joshua Sinai Author InformationGershon Shafir is Professor of Sociology, Director of the Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies, and founding Director of the Human Rights Minor at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of several books, including Being Israeli: The Dynamics of Multiple Citizenship, co-authored with Yoav Peled, which won the Middle Eastern Studies Association's Albert Hourani Award for best book on the Middle East in 2002. Everard Meade is Assistant Professor of History and founding member of the advisory board of the Human Rights Minor Program at UCSD. He has published recent articles in the Journal of Historical Biography, Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos and InterCulture. William J. Aceves is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at California Western School of Law. He is the author of The Anatomy of Torture and the co-author of The Law of Consular Access and principal author of the influential Amnesty International USA Safe Haven report. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |