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Author Croft, Stuart.

Title Securitizing Islam : identity and the search for security / Stuart Croft.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  363.32 C941S    Check Shelf
Description viii, 278 pages ; 24 cm
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-270) and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Terrorism -- Prevention -- Government policy -- Great Britain.
Terrorism -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Islam -- Great Britain.
Muslims -- Great Britain.
Islamic fundamentalism -- Great Britain.
Internal security -- Great Britain.
National security -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Public opinion.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Influence.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
Sécurité internationale.
Internationaler Terrorismus. (DE-588)4162078-1
Prävention. (DE-588)4076308-0
Islam. (DE-588)4027743-4
Sicherheitspolitik. (DE-588)4116489-1
Großbritannien. (DE-588)4022153-2
ISBN 9781107020467 hardback
1107020468 hardback
9781107632868 paperback
1107632862 paperback
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