A Battlefield of Meanings: The Struggle for Identity in the UN Debates on a Definition of International Terrorism

Herschinger, Eva

doi:10.1080/09546553.2011.652318

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“…Yet such negative framings of terrorism became common after World War II (Herschinger, 2013) and cannot therefore be interpreted as evidence for the recent homogenisation of terrorism discourses.…”

Section: Adoption Of Us Positions and The Homogenisation Of Internatimentioning

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Teaching terrorism, saving the state? Education and geopolitical imaginations of terrorism in 12 violently challenged states

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2020

Political Geography

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The role of education in political socialisation and the importance of terrorism discourses in promoting (or silencing) certain interests have long been acknowledged. This study combines both themes by asking: How do school textbooks, sanctioned by states that are violently challenged by internal opposition, discuss the issue of terrorism? I draw on, and contribute to, four distinct, yet related streams of research: critical geopolitics, critical terrorism studies, geographies of education, and young people's geographies. Simultaneously, while most work on the topic focuses on individual cases (typically of Western countries), I conduct the first comparative analysis of twelve countries from different world regions: China,

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Section: Adoption Of Us Positions and The Homogenisation Of Internatimentioning

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Teaching terrorism, saving the state? Education and geopolitical imaginations of terrorism in 12 violently challenged states

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2020

Political Geography

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“…3 In response to these real-world developments, a constructivist line of research has emerged in terrorism studies that 'acknowledges the contingent and constructed nature of terrorism'. 4 Inspired by critical approaches in International Relations, security studies and terrorism research, this work analyses how the label terrorism is used to discredit groups, (de)legitimise policies and maintain/challenge socio-economic and normative structures. 5 The war on terror has been a core object of study within constructivist and critical analyses of terrorism because it has been promoted by a number of powerful political bodies, most notably the US government, and has inspired a wide range of policy responses around the globe.…”

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Globalising the ‘war on terror’? An analysis of 36 countries

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2022

International Relations

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The war on terror as a discourse assumes that terrorism is an essential threat of global proportions, is mostly perpetuated by Islamist networks, and requires a strong international response. This discourse had tremendous impacts on both domestic and international politics. Consequentially, a large number of studies analyse the assumptions underlying and the policies legitimised by the war on terror discourse. However, existing work mostly focusses on one or a few cases, predominantly in the global north. This article introduces a novel dataset containing information on the war on terror discourse in the school textbooks of 36 countries, representing around 64% of the world’s population, for the period 2003–2014. Based on this dataset, I present the first comprehensive analysis of the global diffusion of the war on terror discourse. The study finds that the discourse has by no means globalised but is mostly limited to wealthy countries in Europe and North America. There are hence clear limits to the USA’s soft power and the hyper-globalisation of terrorism discourses. Factors like terrorism intensity, armed conflict and authoritarian regime have little predictive power. This is despite clear incentives for challenged (authoritarian) regimes to adapt the war on terror discourse. Contrary to common assumptions in critical security and terrorism studies, the war on terror discourse is hardly associated with an emphasis on terrorists’ irrationality and hatred or with the marginalisation of socio-political grievances.

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“…Son muchas y variadas las cuestiones estudiadas en relación con este tema, y el discurso de los diferentes actores políticos es una de ellas, aunque es cierto que no una de las más comunes. Así, no son pocos los académicos que han estudiado el discurso de los propios terroristas o sus organizaciones afines (Alonso, 2003(Alonso, , 2016Mcevoy et al, 2004;McGovern, 2004;Reinares, 2001), el discurso de las élites o de los actores políticos en general en relación al terrorismo y la violencia política (Herschinger, 2013;Geifman, 2013;Thorup, 2009), o de ambos a la vez (Martín-Peña y Opotow, 2011; Whiting, 2012). Sin embargo, estas aproximaciones se han hecho en su mayoría desde un punto de vista cualitativo, por lo que en general no existen apenas aproximaciones cuantitativas a este fenómeno.…”

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“…Si bien existe en general consenso académico sobre lo que es la violencia política no es así sobre qué significa el terrorismo. Este texto no entrará en discusión, para la cual se pueden consultar Herschinger (2013); Schmid (2010), o Weinberg et al (2011). Más concretamente, para una definición de terrorismo en contraste con la violencia ejercida por las guerrillas véase De la Calle y Sánchez-Cuenca (2011).…”

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El impacto del terrorismo en el discurso político en España: un análisis de contenido de los discursos de los presidentes de Gobierno en los debates parlamentarios

Leonisio

2019

Rev. Esp. Cienc. Polít.

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El impacto del terrorismo en el discurso político en España: un análisis de contenido de los discursos de los presidentes de Gobierno en los debates parlamentarios The impact of terrorism on political discourse in Spain: A content analysis of the Spanish Presidents' speeches at parliamentary debates RAFAEL LEONISIO Universidad del País Vasco (UPV-EHU) Cómo citar/Citation Leonisio, R. (2019). El impacto del terrorismo en el discurso político en España: un análisis de contenido de los discursos de los presidentes de Gobierno en los debates parlamentarios.

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A Battlefield of Meanings: The Struggle for Identity in the UN Debates on a Definition of International Terrorism

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Teaching terrorism, saving the state? Education and geopolitical imaginations of terrorism in 12 violently challenged states

Teaching terrorism, saving the state? Education and geopolitical imaginations of terrorism in 12 violently challenged states

Globalising the ‘war on terror’? An analysis of 36 countries

El impacto del terrorismo en el discurso político en España: un análisis de contenido de los discursos de los presidentes de Gobierno en los debates parlamentarios

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