Critical Terrorism Studies at Ten - 9780367585969

Taylor & Francis

Critical Terrorism Studies at TenContributions, Cases and Future Challenges\nAuthor(s): Richard Jackson, Harmonie Toros, Lee Jarvis, Charlotte Heath-Kelly\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367585969, 978-0367585969\nSynopsis\nCritical Terrorism Studies emerged around 2007, in the context of the rapidly intensifying War on Terror. It was in this era that \""terrorism\"" became a \""growth industry\"" which generated a huge amount of academic research as well as social and political activity. Yet a yawning gap developed between the actual material threat posed by terrorists, and the level of investment and activity devoted to responding to this threat. Similarly, the quality of terrorism research was noticeably weak and lacking in methodological rigour.\n\nCritical Terrorism Studies set out to explore the exceptional treatment of political violence, to challenge the political manipulation of terrorism fears and increas.