Critical Terrorism Studies emerged around 2007, in the context of the rapidly intensifying War on Terror. It was in this era that "terrorism" became a "growth i

Using rare field research, this book investigates whether and how talking may transform terrorist violence. Given the failings of today’s dominant counterterr

In direct response to the growth of a critical perspective on contemporary issues of terrorism, this edited volume brings together a number of leading scholars

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