Full Description
This title was first published in 2000. In this multidisciplinary volume, contributors critically assess the different measures designed and implemented by western European democratic governments since the late 1960s in order to counter the challenge of terrorism. The work also analyzes the problems and perspectives surrounding intergovernmental co-operation against such evolving phenomenon, as developed within the framework of the European Union.
Contents
Part I: Governmental Policies. 1. A Strategic Framework for Countering Terrorism, Bruce Hoffman and Jennifer Morrison-Taw. 2. The United Kingdom's Response to Terrorism: the Impact of Decisions of European Judicial Institutions and of the Northern Ireland 'Peace Process', David Bonner. 3. Les Politiques de Lutte contre le Terrorisme: Enjeux Francais, Daniel Hermant and Didier Bigo. 4. Countering Terrorism in a New Democracy: the Case of Spain, Fernando Reinares and Oscar Jaime-Jimenez. 5. The Police Response to Terrorism in Italy from 1969 to 1983, Luciana Stortoni-Wortmann. Part II: Intergovernmental Cooperation. 6. The Third Pillar on Judicial and Hoome Affairs Cooperation, Anti-Terrorist Collaboration and Liberal Democratic Acceptability, Peter Chalk. 7. The Fight against Terrorism in the Second and Third Pillars of the Maastricht Treaty: Complement or Overlap? Monica Den Boer. 8. Counterterrorism as an Objective of European Police Cooperation, Malcolm Anderson. 9. Counterterrorism Policy in Fortress Europe: Implications for Human Rights, Ronald D. Crelinsten and Iffet Oxkut.
