Global risk and the surveillance state: a sociology of new terrorism

Title: Global risk and the surveillance state: a sociology of new terrorism
Creator: Freij, Maria; Germov, John
Relation: Public Sociology: An Introduction to Australian Society p. 372-396
Relation: http://www.allenandunwin.com/publicsociology
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Resource Type: book chapter
Date: 2011
Description: Sociologists look at the underlying causes of terrorism. While a multitude of books have been published on the topic of terrorism, violence, and war, the sociology of terrorism remains a relatively new field and an under-studied area. A sociological analysis of terrorism questions who is a terrorist as well as who decides who is a terrorist. Since terrorist acts are often justified by a perceived notion of social or political oppression, we must recognise the societal structures that create these perceptions, and also the social divides that exist between and within societies-differing political, ideological, cultural, and religious worldviews. As such, it is imperative that we look to the reasons behind terrorism, that we attempt to learn why and how terrorism occurs.
Description: 2nd ed.
Subject: terrorism; national security; surveillance state; risk society
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1036588
Identifier: uon:13318
Identifier: ISBN:9781742371450
Language: eng

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