In spite of the growing amount of literature published on terrorism over the past 20 years,
counter-terrorism is rarely considered as a subject of research by itself. Empirical or data …

In the aftermath of major terrorist attacks, governments create public inquiries to establish
the facts of the matter, expose those facts to public scrutiny, find fault, allocate blame, ensure …

The work of Louis Althusser is well regarded in the study of ideology, having been used to
analyse the material basis for ideology, and challenging the idea that ideology is simply a …

This book examines the evolution of counter-terrorism (CT) policies in liberal democracies
since 2001, with a specific focus on the case of Belgium. What is counter-terrorism (CT) …

The central objective of democratic governance of intelligence is, through debate and law, to
establish public confidence that the agencies work efficiently, effectively and properly …

This chapter critically assesses the effectiveness of the United Kingdom's (UK) counter-
terrorism strategies, with a specific focus on the CONTEST mechanism and its key …

Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht weniger den politischen Umgang mit dem Islamismus
selbst, sondern dessen breitere Auswirkungen auf den (sicherheits-) politischen Diskurs in …

This thesis is about citizenship deprivation in the context of national security. It looks at the
increase in cancellation of citizenship in France and in the UK, two states which profess to …

Counter-terrorism in the UK involves a complex web of powers, duties, offences and
strategies which are arranged across four policy strands: prevent, pursue, protect and …

Feminist scholarship has shown that constructions of women inform how questions of
security are considered in gendered ways. This study offers an empirical contribution to …