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-terrorism that has been largely overlooked; the impact of these measures on the continued viability of the democratic state. Democratic nations are now facing an unprecedented challenge - to respond to global terrorism without simultaneously overturning fundamental human and political rights.The book addresses the critical question of whether, in the context of the 'war on terror', the national security imperative has compromised the democratic state. This book draws together academics, public policy practitioners, politicians and journalists to discuss policies introduced by democratic governments which threaten the nature of the democratic state. It will be of great interest to graduate and undergraduate students in politics, public policy, international relations, criminology and terrorism and counter-terrorism studies.
Author(s): Jenny Hocking, Colleen Lewis
Edition: First Edition
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 224
Counter-Terrorism and the Post-Democratic State......Page 1
Contents......Page 7
Contributors......Page 9
Acronyms......Page 15
Acknowledgements......Page 17
1. Global terrorism......Page 19
2. Democracy at the crossroads? Counter-terrorism and the state......Page 24
3. Terrorism and war......Page 38
4. Democracy and torture: when the people decide......Page 46
5. Military justice: David Hicks and Guantanamo Bay......Page 66
6. The long road to Guantanamo Bay......Page 75
7. The prohibition of torture: absolute means absolute......Page 83
8. Constructing non-citizens: the living law of anti-terrorism in Canada......Page 99
9. Everyone and the citizen: the devaluation of principles and protection......Page 119
10. Dangerous evasions: enforcing limits on government action in the ‘war on terror’......Page 134
11. Counter-terrorism and the rise of ‘security policing’......Page 156
12. ‘Devils and dust’: extending the ‘uncivil politics of law and order’ to the ‘war on terror’......Page 171
13. Command and control: how the media and military are reshaping televised coverage of war......Page 190
14. Embedded journalism: at home and abroad......Page 207
15. Empire and democracy......Page 218
Index......Page 231
