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001 2011044363
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008 111104s2012 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011044363
020 $a9781107020467 (hardback)
020 $a9781107632868 (paperback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aHV6433.G7$bC76 2012
082 00 $a363.325/160941$223
084 $aPOL011000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aCroft, Stuart.
245 10 $aSecuritizing Islam :$bidentity and the search for security /$cStuart Croft.
260 $aCambridge;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2012.
300 $aviii, 278 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Securitizing Islam examines the impact of 9/11 on the lives and perceptions of individuals, focusing on the ways in which identities in Britain have been affected in relation to Islam. 'Securitization' describes the processes by which a particular group or issue comes to be seen as a threat, and thus subject to the perceptions and actions which go with national security. Croft applies this idea to the way in which the attitudes of individuals to their security and to Islam and Muslims have been transformed, affecting the everyday lives of both Muslims and non-Muslims. He argues that Muslims have come to be seen as the 'Other', outside the contemporary conception of Britishness. Reworking securitisation theory and drawing in the sociology of ontological security studies, Securitizing Islam produces a theoretically innovative framework for understanding a contemporary phenomenon that affects the everyday lives of millions"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 262-270) and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Ontological security and Britishness; 2. A post-Copenhagen securitization theory; 3. 'Two World Wars and one World Cup': constructing contemporary Britishness; 4. 'New Britishness' and the 'new terrorism'; 5. The construction of ontological insecurity; Conclusion.
650 0 $aTerrorism$xPrevention$xGovernment policy$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aTerrorism$xSocial aspects$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aTerrorism$xReligious aspects$xIslam.
650 0 $aIslam$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aMuslims$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aIslamic fundamentalism$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aInternal security$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aNational security$xSocial aspects$zGreat Britain.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xPublic opinion.
650 0 $aSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001$xInfluence.
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/20467/cover/9781107020467.jpg