Counter-terrorism and the Post-democratic StateJenny Hocking, Colleen Lewis Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007 - 242 sider The war on terror and ongoing terrorist attacks around the world have generated a growing body of literature on national and international measures to counteract terrorist activity. This detailed study investigates an aspect of contemporary counter-terror |
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1 Global terrorism | 1 |
2 Democracy at the crossroads? Counterterrorism and the state | 6 |
3 Terrorism and war | 20 |
when the people decide | 28 |
David Hicks and Guantanamo Bay | 48 |
6 The long road to Guantanamo Bay | 57 |
absolute means absolute | 65 |
the living law of antiterrorism in Canada | 81 |
enforcing limits on government action in the war on terror | 116 |
11 Counterterrorism and the rise of security policing | 138 |
extending the uncivil politics of law and order to the war on terror | 153 |
how the media and military are reshaping televised coverage of war | 172 |
at home and abroad | 189 |
15 Empire and democracy | 200 |
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the devaluation of principles and protection | 101 |
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11 September action Afghanistan Al Qaeda Alberto Gonzales American anti-terrorism apply Arab and Muslim argued armed conflict attack Australian bombing British Bush Canada Canadian officials citizens citizenship civil combat constitutional Council counter-terrorism countries coverage crime criminal customary international law danger David Hicks decision Defense degrading treatment democracy democratic detainees empire European evidence example extraordinary rendition Federal force Geneva Convention global Guantanamo Bay human rights Ibid individual inhuman or degrading Iraq issue journalists Justice legislation Maher Arar memorandum military commission Minister moral national security non-citizens offence organisations Parliament person police political President Press preventative detention principle prisoners Qaeda question refugee regime Report response rule of law self-defence September 2001 society South Wales Sydney Syria Taliban television terrorist Third Geneva Convention threat treatment or punishment trial United Nations University Vietnam war on terror