| International Counterterrorism Bureaucracies in the United Nations and the European Union Contributor(s): Hegemann, Hendrik (Author) |
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ISBN: 3848717794 ISBN-13: 9783848717798 Publisher: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft OUR PRICE: $116.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science |
| Series: Demokratie, Sicherheit, Frieden |
| Physical Information: 325 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Since the attacks of September 11, 2001 a complex web of international structures and rules for the fight against transnational terrorism has emerged. However, previous research, so far, disregarded the organizational basis of counterterrorism cooperation. Using the example of bureaucratic actors in the United Nations and the European Union, this study examines how and to which degree international counterterrorism bureaucracies exercise autonomy and perform distinct functions. The examination reveals the special ambivalence of counterterrorism cooperation for international bureaucracies, which need to reconcile calls for effective counterterrorism with the need to maintain an impression of technical impartiality in a particularly contested policy-field. They respond to this challenge with different strategies of politicization and depoliticization. |