Not so extraordinary
The democratisation of UK counterinsurgency strategy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12918880 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Feargal Cochrane (0000-0002-2766-3547, University of Kent, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 29-49 |
| Publication date | 2013-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Studies on Terrorism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1753-9161 • E-ISSN: 1753-9153 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17539153.2013.765699 |
| OpenAlex | W2143318421 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 24 |
This article argues that recent developments in UK counterinsurgency strategy and subsequent counterterror legislation have been informed and enabled by military and political interventions in Afghanistan and Northern Ireland. The article contains three interconnecting arguments. First, that UK counterterrorism policies since the intervention in Afghanistan are an extension of previous practices in Northern Ireland during the 1970s and 1980s, rather than representing a new phase in security strategy. Second, that the articulation of the external terror threat by successive UK governments since 9/11 has led to a blurring of emergency law into domestic governance and a movement of this emergency legislation from the colonial periphery into the metropolitan centre. Third, the article argues that the techniques at the heart of these counterinsurgency efforts risk hollowing out the values they are supposed to uphold and defend
Articulation (sociology · Colonialism · Corporate governance · Democracy · Democratization · Economics · Insurgency · Legislation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Terrorism · Law · Military History and Strategy · Peacebuilding and International Security · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Public Administration
Paramilitary Imprisonment in Northern IrelandResistance, Management, and Release
New and old wars
Northern Ireland
Military doctrine and intelligence fusion in the American homeland
A Contradictory Mission? Nato from Stabilization to Combat in Afghanistan
Rethinking Terrorism and Counterterrorism Since 9/11
War, Security and the Liberal State
War Is Peace
Friends Like These
From wars to complex political emergencies
Governance, good governance and global governance
Hearts and Minds’? British Counter-Insurgency Strategy in Northern Ireland
Counter-Insurgency and Human Rights in Northern Ireland
Counter-insurgency Redux
The Edge of the Union
Theory, culture and society
Cosmopolitan politics, security, political subjectivity
Lessons from Helmand, Afghanistan
Transnational Dimensions of Civil War
At the Edge of the Union
Network Society, Network-centric Warfare and the State of Emergency
| Citations per year | 0.3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2020 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |