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This Volume Examines The Rationale, Effectiveness And Consequences Of Counter Terrorism Practices From A Range Of Perspectives And Cases.the Book Critically Interrogates Contemporary Counter-terrorism Powers From Military Campaigns And Repression Through To The Prosecution Of Terrorist Suspects, Counter-terrorism Policing, Counter-radicalisation Programmes, And The Proscription Of Terrorist Organisations. Drawing On A Range Of Timely And Important Case Studies From Around The World Including The Uk, Sri Lanka, Spain, Canada, Australia And The Usa, Its Chapters Explore The Impacts Of Counter-terrorism On Individuals, Communities, And Political Processes. The Book Focuses On Three Questions Of Vital Importance To Any Assessment Of Counter-terrorism. First, What Do Counter-terrorism Strategies Seek To Achieve? Second, What Are The Consequences Of Different Counter-terrorism Campaigns, And How Are These Measured? And, Third, How And Why Do Changes To Counter-terrorism Occur? This Volume Will Be Of Much Interest To Students Of Counter-terrorism, Critical Terrorism Studies, Criminology, Security Studies And Ir In General-- Introduction: The Ends Of Counter-terrorism / Lee Jarvis And Michael Lister -- 1. There's A Good Reason They Are Called Al-qaeda In Iraq. They Are Al-qaeda...in...iraq. The Impossibility Of A Global Counterterrorism Strategy, Or The End Of The Nation State / Bob De Graaff -- 2. Counter-terrorism: The Ends Of A Secular Ministry / Charlotte Heath-kelly -- 3. Spatial And Temporal Imaginaries In The Securitization Of Terrorism / Kathryn Marie Fisher -- 4. Counter-terrorism As Conflict Transformation / Laura Zahra Mcdonald, Basia Spalek, Phillip Daniel Silk, Raquel Da Silva And Zubeda Limbada -- 5. Contemporary Spanish Anti-terrorist Policies: Ancient Myths, New Approaches / Agata Serrano -- 6. I Read It In The Ft: 'everyday' Knowledge Of Counter-terrorism And Its Articulation / Lee Jarvis And Michael Lister -- 7. Prosecuting Suspected Terrorists: Precursor Crimes, Intercept Evidence And The Priority Of Security / Stuart Macdonald -- 8. Banishing The Enemies Of All Mankind: The Effectiveness Of Proscribing Terrorist Organisations In Australia, Canada, The Uk And Us / Tim Legrand -- 9. Britain's Prevent Programme: An End In Sight? / Paul Thomas -- 10. How Terrorism Ends: Negotiating The End Of The Ira's 'armed Struggle' / Paul Dixon -- 11. From Counter Terrorism To Soft Authoritarianism: The Case Of Sri Lanka / Neil Devotta Edited By Lee Jarvis And Michael Lister. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.