Description
This book opens up the discussion of the interrelation between terrorism studies, and peace and conflict studies. The aim is to examine the instances and circumstances under which both fields can benefit from each other. 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, which overemphasise the role of parity during negotiations and misdiagnose the distribution of power both within conflicts as well as within conflict management, resolution and/or transformation approaches.
This book was published as a special issue of Critical Studies on Terrorism.
Table of Contents
1. Editors’ introduction: Terrorism and peace and conflict studies: investigating the crossroad 2. Lost cause: consequences and implications of the war on terror 3. Not so extraordinary: the democratisation of UK counterinsurgency strategy 4. Exploring the temporality in/of British counterterrorism law and law making 5. Terrorism, organised crime and the biopolitics of violence 6. Deconstructing “eco-terrorism”: rhetoric, framing and statecraft as seen through the Insight approach 7. The power of words: the deficient terminology surrounding Islam-related terrorism 8. Does counterinsurgency fuel civil war? Peru and Syria compared 9. The link between the foreign policy of states and escalating political violence: Turkey and the PKK 10. “Listing terrorists”: the impact of proscription on third-party efforts to engage armed groups in peace processes – a practitioner’s perspective CONVERSATIONS IN CRITICAL STUDIES ON TERRORISM 11. From paramilitarism to peacebuilding in Northern Ireland: an interview with Noel Large REVIEW ARTICLE 12. Look who’s talking: terrorism, dialogue and conflict transformation
