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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785677103321

Autore

Herschinger Eva.

Titolo

Constructing global enemies : hegemony and identity in international discourses on terrorism and drug prohibition / / Eva Herschinger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-86311-7

1-283-04256-8

9786613042569

0-203-83638-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

The new international relations

Disciplina

327.101

Soggetti

Hegemony

Terrorism - Prevention - International cooperation

Drug control - International cooperation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures and tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 On hegemony and identity in international security discourses; 2 Opening the 'black box': The construction of international hegemonies; 3 International drug prohibition: Constructing the 'drug-free world'; 4 Writing the 'war on terror': The struggle of hegemonic projects; 5 Comparing the 'war on drugs' and the 'war on terror'; Conclusion: Rethinking hegemonic orders; Appendix - Overview of codes belonging to productive hegemonic and counterhegemonic strategies; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Constructing Global Enemies asks how and why specific interpretations of international terrorism and drug abuse have become hegemonic at the global level. The book analyses the international discourses on terrorism and drug prohibition and compares efforts to counter both, not only from a contemporary but also from a historical perspective. Utilising poststructuralist theory of the relationship between hegemony and identity, Herschinger argues that hegemony is much more than just the dominance of a single country in international life; rather it is



the emergence of a hegemon