The European Union's fight against terrorism

Discourse, Policies, Identity

Bibliographic Data

ID23510646
AuthorsChristopher Baker-Beall
Year2016
Pages216
Publication date2016-09-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueThe European Union's fight against terrorism (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherManchester University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.7228/manchester/9780719091063.001.0001
OpenAlexW4233870812
ISBN9780719091063
Open LibraryOL27699906M
LanguageEN
Citations received4

This book is about the language of the European Union’s response to the threat of terrorism: the ‘fight against terrorism’. Since its re-emergence in the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the ‘fight against terrorism’ has come to represent a priority area of action for the European Union (EU). Drawing on interpretive approaches to International Relations, the author outlines a discourse theory of identity and counter-terrorism policy in order to explore the ways in which the EU’s counter-terrorism discourse has been constructed and the ways in which it functions. Importantly, the author shows how the ‘fight against terrorism’ structures the EU response to terrorism through the prism of identity, drawing our attention to the various ‘others’ that have come to form the target of EU counter-terrorism policy. Through an extensive analysis of the wider societal impact of the EU’s ‘fight against terrorism’ discourse, the author reveals the various ways in which EU counter-terrorism policy is contributing to the ‘securitisation’ of social and political life within Europe.

Counter terrorism · Economics · European union · Identity (music) · International trade · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Prism · Sociology · Terrorism · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · Europe · European union countries · politics and government · Prevention

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