Freedom and order : how democratic governments restrict civil liberties after terrorist attacks--and why sometimes they don't /

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This book forwards the debate on how to respond to terror attacks. It compares legislative responses to terrorism in the United States, United Kingdom, and Israel finding that government centralization and abridgement of rights are common, but that the story is much more nuanced and complicated than...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rubin, Gabriel, 1979-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, ©2011.
Temas:
Civil rights > Government policy.
Terrorism > Government policy.
Terrorisme > Politique gouvernementale.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A crisis or opportunity? : constructing a theory of terror response
  • To conquer fear, you must become fear
  • Shaping fear : the role of mass fear in civil liberties reductions after terrorist attacks
  • The United States after 9/11 : tracing the process of how the Patriot Act was passed
  • "We're fighting this new kind of enemy" : Presidential versus parliamentary democracies in the War on Terror
  • Balancing fear : why counterterror legislation was blocked after the Oklahoma City and London bombings
  • Living with terrorism : executive power and the future of civil liberties.

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