The War On Terror And The Normalisation Of Urban Security

Author : Jon Coaffee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429867262

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The War on Terror and the Normalisation of Urban Security by Jon Coaffee Pdf

This book explores the processes by which, in the 20 years after 9/11, the practices of urban security and counter-terrorism have impacted the everyday experiences of the Western city. Highlighting the localised urban responses to new security challenges, it reflects critically upon the historical trajectory of techniques of territorialisation and physical protection, urban surveillance and the increasing need for cities to enhance resilience and prepare for anticipated future attacks and unpacks the practices and impacts of the intensification of recent urban security practices in the name of countering terrorism. Drawing on over 25 years of research and practical experience, the author utilises a range of international case studies, framed by conceptual ideas drawn from critical security, political and geographical theory. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of politics, war studies, urban studies, geography, sociology, criminology, and the growing market of security and resilience professionals, as well as non-academic audiences seeking to understand responses to terrorist risk.

Author : Alex J. Bellamy,Roland Bleiker,Sara E. Davies,Richard Devetak
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134205424

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Security and the War on Terror by Alex J. Bellamy,Roland Bleiker,Sara E. Davies,Richard Devetak Pdf

The terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 marked a turning point in international politics, representing a new type of threat that could not easily be anticipated or prevented through state-based structures of security alone. Opening up interdisciplinary conversations between strategic, economic, ethical and legal approaches to global terrorism, this edited book recognises a fundamental issue: while major crises initially tend to reinforce old thinking and behavioural patterns, they also allow societies to challenge and overcome entrenched habits, thereby creating the foundations for a new and perhaps more peaceful future. This volume addresses the issues that are at stake in this dual process of political closure, and therefore rethinks how states can respond to terrorist threats. The contributors range from leading conceptual theorists to policy-oriented analysts, from senior academics to junior researchers. The book explores how terrorism has had a profound impact on how security is being understood and implemented, and uses a range of hitherto neglected sources of insight, such as those between political, economic, legal and ethical factors, to examine the nature and meaning of security in a rapidly changing world.

Author : A. Niglia,U.B. Yaakov,G. Ezra
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781614998846

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Countering Terrorism and Urban Warfare by A. Niglia,U.B. Yaakov,G. Ezra Pdf

Paragraph 10 of the Security Environment section of the NATO Strategic Concept adopted in 2010 clearly defines terrorism as ‘a direct threat to the security of the citizens of NATO countries, and to international stability and prosperity more broadly’. Terrorist attacks in Turkey, France, Belgium, Germany, Canada and the United States have demonstrated both the vulnerability of NATO members to terrorist activity and the need to strengthen security cooperation with countries of both the Mediterranean Dialogue (MD) and Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI). This book presents papers delivered at the NATO Advanced Training Course (ATC) ‘Countering Terrorism and Urban Warfare’, held in Herzliya, Israel, in November 2017. Course participants from both the military and the civilian sectors shared theoretical and practical best practice in the countering of terrorism in an urban warfare context, and the 10 papers included here cover topics such as protecting the civilian population in urban combat areas; terrorists logic behind the choice of target; what Europe can learn from its southern neighbors; countering hybrid threats in megacities and densely populated urban areas; and where will ISIS regroup? The book will be of interest to all those concerned with the countering of terrorism, particularly in urban areas.

Author : Rohan Gunaratna,Mohd Mizan Aslam
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2024-02-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780854661404

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Global War on Terrorism - Revisited by Rohan Gunaratna,Mohd Mizan Aslam Pdf

Through examining the development of new trends in terrorism, it is evident that the purpose of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) has yet to be achieved since the terror landscape is constantly changing due to new developments. The Israel and Hamas war that began in October 2023 has awakened many militant organizations and has amplified the efforts of active militants on the ground and online. Therefore, such attacks will motivate like-minded individuals and continue the legacy of militancy, making it a challenge to eradicate. Hence, it is evident that the GWOT is constantly being challenged by new circumstances in the global terror landscape. This book provides a comprehensive overview of counterterrorism efforts such as the GWOT.

Author : Alan Ingram
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317051695

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Spaces of Security and Insecurity by Alan Ingram Pdf

Drawing on critical geopolitics and related strands of social theory, this book combines new case studies with theoretical and methodological reflections on the geographical analysis of security and insecurity. It brings together a mixture of early career and more established scholars and interprets security and the war on terror across a number of domains, including: international law, religion, migration, development, diaspora, art, nature and social movements. At a time when powerful projects of globalization and security continue to extend their reach over an increasingly wide circle of people and places, the book demonstrates the relevance of critical geographical imaginations to an interrogation of the present.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Liberty
ISBN : OCLC:922016203

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Exceptionalism and the Politics of Counter-terrorism by Anonim Pdf

Author : Sandra Walklate,Gabe Mythen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136240812

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Contradictions of Terrorism by Sandra Walklate,Gabe Mythen Pdf

Over the last fifteen years there has been a significant growth in literature dealing with terrorism. Nevertheless, scholars within mainstream criminology have only recently begun to grapple with the problem of terrorism in a sustained fashion. In this provocative book the authors provide both an exposition of the contradictions that have emerged around the regulation of terrorism and an incisive analysis of the questions that the management of terrorism poses for the discipline. Focusing primarily on the processes and practices that have emerged in the United States and the United Kingdom, the book provides a critical account of the political construction, mediation and regulation of terrorist threat since the events of 9/11. The authors explore the ways in which new institutional modes of risk assessment based on the principle of pre-emption have impacted on individuals targeted by them. Noting the dilemmas produced by the pre-emptive turn, the authors also elucidate more recent moves to develop the idea of resilience in counter-terrorism and security policy. This book will be suitable for academics and students interested in political violence, terrorism, geopolitics and risk, as well as for practitioners and experts working in the security industries.

Author : John Gold,Margaret M Gold
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781040021422

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Olympic Cities by John Gold,Margaret M Gold Pdf

The first edition of Olympic Cities, published in 2007, provided a pioneering overview of the changing relationship between cities and the modern Olympic Games. This substantially revised and much enlarged fourth edition builds on the success of its predecessors. The first of its three parts provides overviews of the urban legacy of the four component Olympic festivals: the Summer Games; Winter Games; Cultural Olympiads; and the Paralympics. The second part comprises systematic surveys of six key aspects of activity involved in staging the Olympics and Paralympics: finance; sustainability; the creation of Olympic Villages; security; urban regeneration; and tourism. The final part consists of ten chronologically arranged portraits of host cities from 1960 to 2032, with complete coverage of the Summer Games of the twenty-first century. As controversy over the growing size and expense of the Olympics, with associated issues of democratic accountability and legacy, continues unabated, this book’s incisive and timely assessment of the Games’ development and the complex agendas that host cities attach to the event will be essential reading for a wide audience. This will include not just urban and sports historians, urban geographers, event managers, and city planners, but also anyone with an interest in the staging of mega-events and concerned with building a better understanding of the relationship between cities, sport, and culture.

Author : Richard M. Ebeling and Jacob G. Hornberger
Publisher : The Future of Freedom Foundation
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781890687120

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Liberty, Security, and the War on Terrorism by Richard M. Ebeling and Jacob G. Hornberger Pdf

In an 1821 Independence Day speech, John Quincy Adams declared, “[America] goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.” Much has changed in the past two centuries, and America is now constantly in search of monsters to destroy. History has shown that such an imperial foreign policy is inimical to a peaceful society, and ultimately to individual liberty. Liberty, Security, and the War on Terrorism is a collection of essays that predicted the dire consequences of current U.S. foreign policy before the attacks of September 11, documents the loss of liberty that has ensued in the aftermath, and lays out what the proper role of a peaceful republic should be in a world full of monsters.

Author : Arundhati Virmani
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000464542

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Aesthetic Perceptions of Urban Environments by Arundhati Virmani Pdf

To what extent do urban dwellers relate to their lived and imagined environment through aesthetic perceptions, and aspirations? This book approaches experiences of urban aesthetics not as an established framework, defined by imposed norms or legislations, but as the result of a continuous reflexive and proactive gaze, a complex and deep engagement of the mind, body and sensibilities. It uses empirical studies ranging from China, India to Western Europe. Three axes are privileged. The first considers urban everyday aesthetic experiences in the long-term as a historical production, from medieval Italy to a future imagined by science fiction. The second examines the impact of aestheticizing everyday material realities in neighbourhoods, and the tensions and conflicts these engender around urban commons. Finally, the third axis considers these relationships as aesthetic inequalities, exacerbated in a new age of urban development. The book combines local and transnational scales with an interdisciplinary approach, bringing together historians, sociologists, cultural geographers, anthropologists, architects and contemporary art curators. They illustrate the importance of combining different social science methods and functional perspectives to study such complex social and cultural realities as cities. This book will be of interest to students, scholars and practitioners of humanities and social sciences, cultural and urban studies, architecture and political geography.

Author : Richard M. Ebeling,Jacob G. Hornberger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1890687049

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Liberty, Security, and the War on Terrorism by Richard M. Ebeling,Jacob G. Hornberger Pdf

Author : Jon Moran,Mark Phythian
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015082757918

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Intelligence, Security and Policing Post-9/11 by Jon Moran,Mark Phythian Pdf

"In one provocative volume this book explores the UK experience in the 'war on terror' critically analyzing the 'war' discourse and ideas of the politics of panic as well as forensically examining the effectiveness of counterterrorist policies. The book examines the use and abuse of intelligence as a basis for policy, law making and criminal investigation, explores public order and how this affects protest and religious liberty, and studies the 'torture debate', highlighted by discussion in the courts about whether the UK should accept evidence gained from torture. The book also provides a fascinating comparative perspective, focusing on Australia, Spain, and the Netherlands."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Alan Ingram,Klaus Dodds
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Geopolitics
ISBN : 1315610213

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Spaces of Security and Insecurity by Alan Ingram,Klaus Dodds Pdf

Author : Anthony M. Burton
Publisher : London : L. Cooper
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Terrorism
ISBN : UCR:31210001179751

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Urban Terrorism by Anthony M. Burton Pdf

Author : Scott N. Romaniuk,Emeka Thaddues Njoku
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781526157911

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Counter-terrorism and civil society by Scott N. Romaniuk,Emeka Thaddues Njoku Pdf

This book examines the intersection between national and international counter-terrorism policies and civil society in numerous national and regional contexts. The 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United States in 2001 led to new waves of scholarship on the proliferation of terrorism and efforts to combat international terrorist groups, organizations, and networks. Civil society organisations have been accused of serving as ideological grounds for the recruitment of potential terrorists and a channel for terrorist financing. Consequently, states around the world have established new ranges of counter-terrorism measures that target the operations of civil society organisations exclusively. Security practices by states have become a common trend and have assisted in the establishment of ‘best practices’ among non-liberal democratic or authoritarian states, and are deeply entrenched in their security infrastructures. In developing or newly democratized states - those deemed democratically weak or fragile - these exceptional securities measures are used as a cover for repressing opposition groups, considered by these states as threats to their national security and political power apparatuses. This timely volume provides a detailed examination of the interplay of counter-terrorism and civil society, offering a critical discussion of the enforcement of global security measures by governments around the world.