Benoît Gomis

Counterterrorism

Reassessing the Policy Response

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Counterterrorism: Reassessing the Policy Response promotes a more nuanced understanding of the effectiveness of current counterterrorism practices and the need for reform. It challenges government, media, and academic accounts that exaggerate terrorist threats, particularly in comparison to other threats such as organized crime. Author Benoît Gomis responds to the problem of overreaction with guidelines that address terrorism as a problem to be managed rather than as an existential threat that can be eradicated. He places terrorism within broader security and societal contexts and explains how it relates to other policy and political priorities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 241
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781482237153
• ISBN-10: 1482237156
• Artikelnr.: 42965764

Autorenporträt

Benoît Gomis is an international security analyst focusing on terrorism and organized crime. While writing this book, he was a visiting scholar at the Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society (TSAS), based at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. He is an associate fellow with Chatham House, a researcher at Simon Fraser University, and an associate faculty member at Royal Roads University. In an independent capacity, he is a consultant for organizations including think tanks, universities, NGOs and governments.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Definitional Issues. Why Does Terrorism Matter? A
Multifaceted Problem. An Overestimated Threat. Negative Consequences of
Overreaction. Challenging Counterterrorism Policies. Toward a More Measured
and Comprehensive Policy Response. Conclusion. List of Acronyms.