The 9/11 effect : comparative counter-terrorism / Kent Roach
Material type: TextNew York Cambridge University Press 2011Description: xiv, 477 pISBN: 9781107006164; 1107006163; 9780521185059 (pbk.); 052118505X (pbk.)Subject(s): September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 | Terrorism | Terrorism | Terrorism | TerrorismDDC classification: KC218.T4R62 2011Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. The United Nations responds; 3. Countries that did not immediately respond; 4. The United States responds: executive power and extra-legalism; 5. The United Kingdom responds: a legislative war on terrorism; 6. Australia responds: hyper legislation; 7. Canada responds: immigration, inquiries and human security; 8. Conclusions
"This book examines the responses of the United Nations, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada responded to 9/11. It also examines how Egypt, Syria, Israel, Singapore and Indonesia had to do comparatively little to respond. The book provides a creitical take on how the United Nations promoted terrorism financing laws and the regulation of speech associated with terrorism while failing to agree on a definition of terrorism or the importance of repecting human rights while combating terrorism. It assesses some failures and challenges of counter-terrorism"--
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