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Record Nr.

UNINA9910410030503321

Autore

Ahmed Shamila

Titolo

The 'War on Terror', State Crime & Radicalization : A Constitutive Theory of Radicalization / / by Shamila Ahmed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

9783030401382

3030401383

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 262 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society, , 2946-2525

Disciplina

363.32517

364.4

Soggetti

Victims of crimes

Transnational crime

Human rights

Criminology

Terrorism

Political violence

Victimology

Transnational Crime

Human Rights

Crime Control and Security

Terrorism and Political Violence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: State Crime, 'Terrorism' and Radicalization -- 2. Revisiting Theories of Radicalization -- 3. The Emergence of the 'War on Terror' -- 4. The Case of Al-Qaeda: From Allies to Enemies -- 5. From the Humanitarian Crisis to a State of Emergency -- 6. ISIS: The Special Relationship between US, UK & Saudi Arabia -- 7. Conclusion: State Crime, Radicalization and the War on Terror.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the 'war on terror' and radicalisation from an ontological, non-state centric perspective. Since 9/11, criminology has developed in its study of terrorism, utilising alternative non-state



centric frameworks to uncover and make visible state-initiated harm. Although progress has been achieved, criminology has continued to privilege the state, thereby failing to uncover forms of state crime and how such crimes facilitate radicalisation and terrorism. Ahmed aims to rectify this gap by demonstrating how crimes of the state have contributed to the existence of Islamist-inspired terrorism and the emergence of global Jihadist organisations like Al-Qaeda and ISIS. The 'War on Terror' abandons the dominant socially-constructed discourse and application of the 'war on terror' and instead favours a grounded approach whereby actors, actions and consequences are analysed according to the risk they represent. Ahmed achieves this grounded approach through situating state practices in international human rights law and international humanitarian law. Through documenting the intersectionality of these practices with radicalisation in the emergence of global Jihadist organisations, the book demonstrates how state crimes contribute to terrorism. Although the book sits at the intersections of critical criminology, state crime, international/transnational crime, it is relevant to all disciplines that are concerned with state crime, terrorism and radicalisation.