| Description |
1 online resource (602 pages) |
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UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Political Science and Policy Studies
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| Contents |
1.Introduction: A Performative Perspective on Terrorism Trials / Liesbeth van der Heide -- 2.Terrorism, Political Crime and Political Justice / Alex P. Schmid -- 3.The Trial of Vera Zasulich in 1878 / Alex P. Schmid -- 4.Stalin's 1936 Show Trial against the ̀Trotzkyite-Zinovievite Terrorist Centre' / Alex P. Schmid -- 5.̀Is There any Justice Left in this Country?' The IRA on Trial in the 1970s / Joost Augusteijn -- 6.Germany Confronts the Baader-Meinhof Group. The Stammheim Trial (1975 -- 1977) and Its Legacies / Klaus Weinhauer -- 7.National Security on Trial: The Case of Zacarias Moussaoui, 2001 -- 2006 / Geert-Jan Knoops -- 8.Guantanamo as Theatre: Military Commissions as a Performance in the Court of Public Opinion, 2003 -- 2004 / Fred L. Borch -- 9.The Hofstad Group on Trial: Sentencing the Terrorist Risk, 2005 -- 2014 / Beatrice de Graaf -- 10.Supporting Prisoners or Supporting Terrorists: The 2008 Trial of Gestoras Pro Amnistia in Spain / Carolijn Terwindt -- 11.Performing Justice, Coping with Trauma: The Trial of Anders Breivik, 2012 / Daan Weggemans -- 12.Conclusion / Beatrice de Graaf -- 13.Literature on Terrorism Trials -- A Selective Bibliography -- 14.Notes on Contributors |
| Summary |
Terrorism trials are an exceptional opportunity for better understanding and, hence, countering terrorism, since they are often the only place where most if not all of the actors of a terrorist incident meet again, and where the media report and broadcast their respective accounts. Seeing terrorism trials as a stage where legal instruments are used (and abused) to argue the validity of contested political constructs, this study presents a performative perspective to draw attention to the mechanisms and effects of terrorism trials in and outside the courtroom. With a special focus on how the power of these performances may in turn shape new narratives of justice and/or injustice, it offers vital insights into terrorism trials directed involving different types of terrorism suspects, from left-wing to ethno-nationalist and jihadist terrorists, in Spain, Russia, Germany, the Netherlands, and the US |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Political science.
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Political Science -- Terrorism.
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Political science
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schmid, Alex P
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Graaf, Beatrice de
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| ISBN |
9789400602359 |
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9400602359 |
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