Cultures of Counterterrorism: French and Italian Responses to Terrorism After 9/11

ISBN-13: 9781138611412 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 264 str.

Silvia D'Amato

Opis

This book investigates counterterrorism responses from a strategic-culturalist perspective, focusing on France and Italy in the post-9/11 era.

Spis treści

Part I  1.Introduction  2. Dealing with terrorism: perspectives, questions, and the role of cultural factors  Part II  3. France and terrorism: history and policy solutions of a long-standing transnational threat  4. France and strategic culture: a demonstrative politics against terrorism  Part III  5. Italy and terrorism: the history of an ambitious safe-approach  6. Italy and strategic culture: multilateral forces and a human regard in counterterrorism  Part IV  7. A culturally shaped counterterrorism?  8. Conclusions

O autorze

Silvia D’Amato is currently the Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute and adjunct faculty at the James Madison University ( Florence Campus). She has a PhD from the Institute of Humanities and Social Science of the Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy.