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Record Nr.

UNINA9910952332803321

Titolo

National counter-terrorism strategies : legal, institutional, and public policy dimensions in the US, UK, France, Turkey and Russia / / edited by Robert W. Orttung, Andrey Makarychev

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : IOS Press, 2006

ISBN

6610810532

1-280-81053-X

9786610810536

1-4294-6768-1

1-60750-215-1

600-00-0497-4

1-4337-0161-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Collana

NATO security through science series. E, Human and societal dynamics, , 1574-6697 ; ; v. 14

Altri autori (Persone)

MakarychevA. S (Andrei Stanislavovich)

OrttungRobert W

Disciplina

303.625

Soggetti

Terrorism - Prevention

Terrorism - Prevention - 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

Title page; Foreword; Contents; Introduction: Comparing National Counter-Terrorism Strategies; The Nature of Contemporary Terrorism; Global Counter-Terrorism Trends; National Counter-Terrorism Strategies; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

This publication discusses and compares various reactions to the challenges of mass-scale terrorism. Five countries are at the centre of the research: The United States, Great Britain, France, Turkey and Russia, each of them being a victim of multiple terrorist attacks. This volume is grounded in a conceptual presumption that the countries directly affected by terrorism produce different types of responses. Of course, there is much in common in all five country cases, but the most interesting part of the research exercise is identifying the divergences. Based upon this comparative analysis,