Constructions of Terrorism

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Research and Policy

Michael Stohl, Dr. Richard Burchill, Scott Howard Englund, Michael Stohl, Dr. Richard Burchill, Scott Howard Englund

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9780520294172
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9780520967397
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Communication Studies
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Discussions about the meaning of terrorism are enduring in everyday language, government policy, news reporting, and international politics.  And disagreements about both the definition and the class of violent events that constitute terrorism contribute to the difficulty of formulating effective responses aimed at the prevention and management of the threat of terrorism and the development of counterterrorism policies.  Constructions of Terrorism collects works from the leading scholars on terrorism from an array of disciplines—including communication, political science, sociology, global studies, and public policy—to establish appropriate research frameworks for understanding how we construct our understanding of terrorism. 

Table of contents

• Cover
• Constructions of Terrorism
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• INTRODUCTION: CONSTRUCTIONS OF TERRORISM
• 1. CAN TERRORISM BE DEFINED?
• 2. MISOVERESTIMATING TERRORISM
• 3. TERRORISM AS TACTIC
• 4. THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE TERRORISM
• 5. KILLING BEFORE AN AUDIENCE: TERRORISM AS PERFORMANCE VIOLENCE
• 6. CONSTRUCTING TERRORISM: FROM FEAR AND COERCION TO ANGER AND JUJITSU POLITICS
• 7. FRAMING TERRORISM: THE COMMUNICATIVE CONSTITUTION OF THE TERRORIST ACTOR
• 8. SOME THOUGHTS ON CONSTRUCTIONS OF TERRORISM AND THE FRAMING OF THE TERRORIST THREAT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
• 9. CONTRADICTIONS IN THE TERRORIST DISCOURSE AND CONSTRAINTS ON THE POLITICAL IMAGINATION OF VIOLENCE
• 10. LEGAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF TERRORISM
• 11. DO DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS OF TERRORISM ALTER ITS CAUSAL STORY?
• 12. ANALYZING PATHWAYS OF LONE-ACTOR RADICALIZATION: A RELATIONAL APPROACH
• 13. CONSTRUCTING CULTURES OF MARTYRDOM ACROSS RELIGIONS, TIME, AND SPACE
• 14. INTRODUCING THE GOVERNMENT ACTIONS IN TERROR ENVIRONMENTS (GATE) DATA SET
• 15. THE WORLD VERSUS DAESH: CONSTRUCTING A CONTEMPORARY TERRORIST THREAT
• CONCLUSION: UNDERSTANDING HOW TERRORISM IS CONSTRUCTED
• Contributors
• Index