ABSTRACT
This book examines the relationship between terrorism and counterterrorism and how it operates within the broader context of communication, control, power, and democratic governance at the national, international, and transnational level.
A culmination of decades of research on the challenges that liberal democracies face in dealing with terrorism, this work provides an innovative framework that maps out the broader context in which terrorism and counterterrorism interact and co-evolve – the terrorism–counterterrorism nexus. In a series of models moving from local to global perspectives, the framework places this nexus within the broader context of social, cultural, political, and economic life. This framework provides a tool for maintaining situational awareness in a multi-tiered, networked world where geography and history are splintering into a rainbow of perspectives and locales, revealing the contested nature of space and time themselves.
This book will be of much interest to students of political violence, terrorism studies, communication studies, and international relations, as well as security professionals.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|64 pages
A conceptual framework for studying terrorism and counterterrorism: Communication between controller and controlled
part 2|150 pages
Mapping blurry boundaries: Grey zones and democratic governance
part 3|81 pages
Mapping complexity beyond the state: Grey zones and global governance