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ISBN 10: 0415638410
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Author: Gershon Shafir, Everard Meade, William J. Aceves
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.
Lessons and Legacies of the War On Terror From moral panic to permanent war 1st Table of contents:
1 Introduction Constructing national and global insecurity
2 The war on terror as political moral panic*
1 Theoretical background
A Characteristics of moral panics
B Political moral panics
2 The panic-driven global war on terror
A Exaggeration of the threat
B Overbroad definition of the enemy
C Disproportionate response
D The life cycle of the GWOT
3 Separation of powers and the rule of law
A Unlawful enemy combatants
B Wiretapping
C Torture: “heavy” and “light”
4 The GWOT as counterrevolution
A War in Iraq
B Unitary executive power
C Securitization of immigration
5 Breaking the cycle
A Risk analysis and the exaggeration of threat
B Liberal education and overbroad definition of enemies
C Constitutional law and disproportionate response
6 Conclusion
A Political moral panics in history
B Enduring effects of moral panics
Notes
Bibliography
Responses at Ground Zero
3 Constitutional barriers and the perils of impunity*
Introduction
The case of Khaled El-Masri
The case of Maher Arar
The constitution as a barrier to justice and a promoter of impunity
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
4 The banality of deterrence The detention and the denial of asylum seekers after 9/11
The “terrorist” who wasn’t
The spectacle of criminality
The spectacle of desperation
Notes
References
5 Religion out of place Islam and cults as perceived threats in the United States
The Branch Davidians
Park51
Secularism and the Sharia threat
Outcomes
Notes
Bibliography
Globalization of the war on terror
6 Fighting phantoms The United States and counterterrorism in eastern Africa
Of war and specters
The making of a master-terrorist
The phantom menace
America’s war in Somalia
Unexpected victories
Acknowledgements
Notes
References
7 Counter-revolution in U.S. military affairs
The two sides of the coin
Rational choice among options
“Made in El Salvador”
Models as purposeful tools
Modeling the model
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Conclusion
8 The politics of moral panics Norms and national insecurity
Bibliography
Index
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