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The Social Life of Anti-Terrorism Laws: The War on Terror and the Classifications of the »Dangerous Other«
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Abstract This book addresses two developments in the conceptualisation of citizenship that arise from the »war on terror«, namely the re-culturalisation of membership in a polity and the re-moralisation of access to rights. Taking an anthropological perspective, it traces the ways in which the trans-national... view more
This book addresses two developments in the conceptualisation of citizenship that arise from the »war on terror«, namely the re-culturalisation of membership in a polity and the re-moralisation of access to rights. Taking an anthropological perspective, it traces the ways in which the trans-nationalisation of the »war on terror« has affected notions of »the dangerous other« in different political and social contexts, asking what changes in the ideas of the state and of the nation have been promoted by the emerging culture of security, and how these changes affect practices of citizenship and societal group relations.... view less
Keywords
anti-terror policy; citizenship; terrorism; liberalism; fight against terrorism; legislation; international law; transnationalization; national state; nation
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
Citizenship; International Relations; Law; Political Science; Security; Terror; Terrorism; Violence
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
196 p.
Series
Sozialtheorie
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839409640
ISBN
978-3-8394-0964-0
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0