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This book compares the use of ‘terrorism’ by states in the Global North (Britain in Northern Ireland) and South (Nepal), examining particular events over time. As such, it questions conventional understandings that a) states cannot be ‘terrorists’ and b) that post ‘9/11’ terrorism is new.

Table of Contents

1. Studying the state and terrorism in Nepal and Northern Ireland
2. The state in terrorism studies
3. Language of terrorism and the making of the state: a discourse analytical approach
4. Dangerous ‘terrorists’ to partners in peace: state/IRA relations in Northern Ireland
5. The state and Maoist ‘terrorists’ in Nepal
6. Establishing state authority: suspect communities and terroristization
7. The state and its (terrorist) others: some reflections for future research on states and ‘terrorism’
Index

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/07/2015
      ISBN13: 9780719091766, 978-0719091766
      ISBN10: 719091764

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book compares the use of ‘terrorism’ by states in the Global North (Britain in Northern Ireland) and South (Nepal), examining particular events over time. As such, it questions conventional understandings that a) states cannot be ‘terrorists’ and b) that post ‘9/11’ terrorism is new.

      Table of Contents

      1. Studying the state and terrorism in Nepal and Northern Ireland
      2. The state in terrorism studies
      3. Language of terrorism and the making of the state: a discourse analytical approach
      4. Dangerous ‘terrorists’ to partners in peace: state/IRA relations in Northern Ireland
      5. The state and Maoist ‘terrorists’ in Nepal
      6. Establishing state authority: suspect communities and terroristization
      7. The state and its (terrorist) others: some reflections for future research on states and ‘terrorism’
      Index

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