The State and 'Terrorists' in Nepal and Northern Ireland: The Social Construction of State Terrorism - Couverture rigide

Dixit, Priya

 
9780719091766: The State and 'Terrorists' in Nepal and Northern Ireland: The Social Construction of State Terrorism
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ISBN 10 : 0719091764 ISBN 13 : 9780719091766
Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2015

Synopsis

This book compares the use of 'terrorism' by states in the Global North (Britain in Northern Ireland) and South (Nepal), examining particular events over time. As such, it questions conventional understandings that states cannot be 'terrorists' and that post '9/11' terrorism is new. It does so by outlining how states have used the label of 'terrorism' to establish a specific 'counterterrorist' identity for themselves and by indicating how similar strategies of representation were used by the British and Nepali states while labeling others as 'terrorist'. Because it draws on rhetorical analysis, discursive psychology and critical security studies to analyze the politics of labelling, it is expected this book will be useful to a wide range of readers from political science, International Relations, terrorism studies and also media, cultural and area studies.

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À propos de l'auteur

Priya Dixit is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Éditeur
Manchester University Press
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0719091764
ISBN 13 
9780719091766
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
244
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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