In Search of Canadian Political Culture - UBC Press
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Manchester University <strong>Press</strong><br />
Writing the War<br />
on Terrorism<br />
Language, Politics<br />
and Counter-terrorism<br />
Richard Jackson<br />
Writing the War on<br />
Terrorism examines the<br />
public language <strong>of</strong> the<br />
war on terrorism, and<br />
the way that rhetoric has<br />
been used to justify the<br />
global counter-terrorism<br />
<strong>of</strong>fensive as a response<br />
to 9/11. It discusses<br />
how language has been<br />
used to deliberately<br />
manipulate public anxiety<br />
about terrorist threats to gain support for military<br />
action, and how the abuse <strong>of</strong> Iraqi prisoners has<br />
been normalized through rhetoric and practice.<br />
It explains how the war on terrorism has been<br />
reproduced and amplified by key social actors<br />
and how it has become the dominant political<br />
narrative in America today, enjoying widespread<br />
bipartisan and popular support. The author argues<br />
that the normalisation and institutionalisation <strong>of</strong><br />
the administration’s current counter-terrorism<br />
approach is damaging to its society’s ethical values<br />
and to democratic political participation.<br />
Contents<br />
<strong>In</strong>troduction: Language and politics<br />
1 Analysing the language <strong>of</strong> counter-terrorism<br />
2 Writing September 11, 2001<br />
3 Writing identity: Evil terrorists and good Americans<br />
4 Writing threat and danger<br />
5 Writing the good (new) war on terrorism<br />
6 Language and power: Reproducing the discourse<br />
Conclusion: Politics, violence and resistance<br />
Final thoughts<br />
Appendix; <strong>In</strong>dex<br />
2005, 288 pages, 6 x 9”<br />
0-7190-7121-6 / 978-0-7190-7121-8<br />
paper $32.95 CRO<br />
A Farewell to Arms?<br />
Beyond the Good Friday Agreement<br />
SECOND EDITION<br />
Michael Cox, Adrian Guelke, and<br />
Fiona Stephen<br />
The signing <strong>of</strong> the Good<br />
Friday Agreement in<br />
1998 appeared to open<br />
up a new phase in the<br />
history <strong>of</strong> Northern<br />
Ireland and indeed<br />
world politics generally.<br />
Hailed from the outset<br />
as a model that would<br />
inspire peace processes<br />
in other countries, it<br />
sought through careful<br />
negotiation and delicate compromise to bring to<br />
a conclusion a conflict that had cost over 3600<br />
lives, damaged Britain’s international position and<br />
at times come very close to undermining relations<br />
between the UK and Ireland. While the peace has<br />
held it is obvious that serious divisions continue<br />
to make a final settlement <strong>of</strong> the Northern Irish<br />
question very difficult.<br />
This comprehensive and original study is the first<br />
to explain in detail how the Good Friday Agreement<br />
ran into trouble, why we are still some way from<br />
a final settlement, but why a return to war is most<br />
unlikely – even in an age where global terror now<br />
threatens world order more seriously than at any<br />
time in the past.<br />
Contents<br />
<strong>In</strong>troduction: A farewell to arms? Beyond the Good Friday<br />
Agreement<br />
Part One From ‘Long War’ to long peace<br />
Part Two The politics <strong>of</strong> the Good Friday Agreement<br />
Part Three Agreement at the crossroads<br />
Part Four Civil Society<br />
Part Five Bringing in the international<br />
Conclusion: Peace after the Good Friday Agreement?<br />
Appendices<br />
2005, 624 pages, 6 x 9”<br />
0-7190-7115-1 / 978-0-7190-7115-7<br />
paper $44.95 CRO<br />
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