The social life of anti-terrorism laws : : the war on terror and the classifications of the "dangerous other" / / edited by Julia M. Eckert.

This book addresses two developments in the conceptualisation of citizenship that arise from the »war on terror«, namely the re-culturalisation of membership in a polity and the re-moralisation of access to rights. Taking an anthropological perspective, it traces the ways in which the trans-national...

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Place / Publishing House:Bielefeld, Germany : : Transcript Verlag,, [2008]
©2008
Year of Publication:2008
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Sozialtheorie
Physical Description:1 online resource (196)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Laws for Enemies 7 Liberalism versus Terrorism: Warfare, Crime Control, and the United States after 11 September 33 Suspect Subjects: Muslim Migrants and the Security Agencies in Germany 55 Political Rationalities, Counter-terrorism and Policies on Islam in the United Kingdom and France 79 Documents, Security and Suspicion: the Social Production of Ignorance 109 The Danger of 'Undergoverned' Spaces: the 'War on Terror' and its Effects on the Sahel Region 131 Islamic Activism and Anti-terrorism Legislation in Morocco 163 Notes on Contributors 193