The Terrorism Spectacle

ISBN-13: 9780367311964 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 221 str.

Steven Livingston

Opis

Steven Livingston demonstrates the complex interactions among the press, the public, and political actors in illuminating a policymaking process that relies on image management as one strategy in achieving policy objectives–not just in combating terrorism but also in handling other foreign policy problems.

Spis treści

Preface -- Political Power, Violence, and the News Media -- Counterterrorism in the 1980s and 1990s: The Case of Iraq -- "Quality" and "Marginalized" Violence: The Non-Terrorism of American-Backed Guerrilla Groups -- Political Violence and the Official Designation of “Terrorism” -- Managing the News and Setting the Agenda -- Press Treatment of Alleged U.S. Ties to Salvadoran State Terrorism -- The Terrorism Spectacle: Foreign Policy Objectives -- The Terrorism Spectacle: Domestic Policy Objectives -- Considering Alternatives -- Appendix

O autorze

Steven Livingston