Full Description
This book opens up the discussion of the interrelation between terrorism studies, and peace and conflict studies. Even though it is often accepted that terrorism is a form of political violence, it is also quite frequent that research on the topic is dismissed when it is approached with conflict analysis frames. More importantly, policy approaches continue to inhibit, obstruct and reject frameworks that are concerned with the transformation and resolution of terrorist conflicts - partly because they see the state as the ultimate referent object to be secured. At the same time, peace and conflict studies seem to be excessively focused on problem-solving approaches, overemphasising the role of parity during negotiations and misdiagnosing the distribution of power both within conflicts as well as within conflict management, resolution and/or transformation approaches. By examining the instances and circumstances in which both these fields can benefit from each other, this book enhances our understanding of this crucial area.
This book was published as a special issue of Critical Studies on Terrorism.
Contents
1. Introduction: Terrorism and peace and conflict studies: investigating the crossroad Harmonie Toros and Ioannis Tellidis 2. Lost cause: consequences and implications of the war on terror Paul Rogers 3. Not so extraordinary: the democratisation of UK counterinsurgency strategy Feargal Cochrane 4. Exploring the temporality in/of British counterterrorism law and law making Kathryn Marie Fisher 5. Terrorism, organised crime and the biopolitics of violence Harmonie Toros and Luca Mavelli 6. Deconstructing "eco-terrorism": rhetoric, framing and statecraft as seen through the Insight approach Michael Loadenthal 7. The power of words: the deficient terminology surrounding Islam-related terrorism Juan Carlos Antúnez and Ioannis Tellidis 8. Does counterinsurgency fuel civil war? Peru and Syria compared Witold Mucha 9. The link between the foreign policy of states and escalating political violence: Turkey and the PKK Ibrahim Can Sezgin 10. "Listing terrorists": the impact of proscription on third-party efforts to engage armed groups in peace processes - a practitioner's perspective Sophie Haspeslagh 11. From paramilitarism to peacebuilding in Northern Ireland: an interview with Noel Large Harmonie Toros and Ioannis Tellidis 12. Look who's talking: terrorism, dialogue and conflict transformation Roger Mac Ginty
