Terrorism, anti-terrorism and the normative boundaries of the US polity
The spatiality of politics after 11 September 2001
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12564981 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert W Williams (0000-0001-8924-4447, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 273-292 |
| Publication date | 2003-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Space and Polity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1356-2576 • E-ISSN: 1470-1235 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1356257032000169721 |
| OpenAlex | W2059947920 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
Both terrorism and governmental anti-terrorist actions affect spatial structures and their boundaries, such as the state and the distinction between public and private spaces. Those spatial structures also articulate the normative dimensions of human life, which include the ethical principles and constitutional rights that orient behaviour and thought. By affecting the spaces, places and scales of life, (anti-)terrorism potentially can generate a new normativity. A new normativity would be manifested in changes to spatial structures and thereby would indicate that the content of political rights like personal freedom had been changed in practice. This paper addresses the possible emergence of a new normativity via an examination of how spatial structures are affected—specifically, their permeability and plasticity—by terrorist and anti-terrorist activities within a US context
Context (archaeology · Geography · Human rights · Law and economics · Normative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Polity · Sociology · Terrorism · Law · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
| Citations per year | 0.36 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2026 (23) |
| Highly cited | No |