Detention of terrorism suspects : political discourse and fragmented practices / Maureen Duffy.
Publisher's description: Controversial erosions of individual liberties in the name of anti-terrorism are ongoing in liberal democracies. The focus of this book is on the manner in which strategic discourse has been used to create accepted political narratives. It specifically links aspects of...
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Oxford ; London : Portland, OR :
Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ; Hart Publishing,
2018.
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Table of Contents:
- Language manufactures truth : the power of labels
- Breaking down and reconstructing discourse can reveal new realities
- Layers of argumentation tools and a fractured post-911 narrative
- Hasty inductive generalisation : the problem with the claim that the 9/11 attacks exposed a need for new detention paradigms
- False premise : non-citizens as the terrorist 'other'
- False dichotomies in the narrative : the 'either/or' dilemma
- Turning the kaleidoscope
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