The practice and problems of transnational counter-terrorism

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    • De Londras, Fiona

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The practice and problems of transnational counter-terrorism

Fiona de Londras, University of Birmingham

Cambridge University Press, [2021]

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Content Type: text (rdacontent), Media Type: unmediated (rdamedia), Carrier Type: volume (rdacarrier)

Includes bibliographical references and index

Summary: "The world has a problem with counter-terrorism. Since 2001 a transnational counter-terrorism order has emerged of such scale, scope, reach, and significance that the Secretary General of the United Nations could describe it as "a comprehensive, multilateral counter-terrorism architecture at the global, regional and national levels". This architecture is now firmly established as a seemingly immovable part of the global governance landscape, characterised by an institutional and normative sprawl that embeds it across a remarkable range of transnational activities"-- Provided by publisher

Contents of Works

  • The institutions of transnational counter-terrorism
  • The law of transnational counter-terrorism
  • Ever-expanding transnational counter-terrorism
  • Transnational counter-terrorism in the domestic sphere

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The attacks of 9/11 kickstarted the development of a pervasive and durable transnational counter-terrorism order. This has evolved into a vast institutional architecture with direct effects on domestic law around the world and a number of impacts on everyday life that are often poorly understood. States found, fund and lead institutions inside and outside the United Nations that develop and consolidate transnational counter-terrorism through hard and soft law, strategies, capacity building and counter-terrorism 'products'. These institutions and laws underpin the expansion of counter-terrorism, so that new fields of activity get drawn into it, and others are securitised through their reframing as counter-terrorism and 'preventing and countering extremism'. Drawing on insights from law, international relations, political science and security studies, this book demonstrates the international, regional, national and personal impacts of this institutional and legal order. Fiona de Londras demonstrates that it is expansionary, rights-limiting and unaccountable.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • 1. The institutions of transnational counter-terrorism
  • 2. The law of transnational counter-terrorism
  • 3. Ever-expanding transnational counter-terrorism
  • 4. Transnational counter-terrorism in the domestic sphere
  • 5. Accountability
  • Conclusion.

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