Banning Them, Securing Us?: Terrorism, Parliament and the Ritual of Proscription

by Lee Jarvis and Tim Legrand

Banning them, securing us? explores the proscribing - or banning - of terrorist organisations within the United Kingdom across a period of twenty years. The process of banning specific organisations, Jarvis and Legrand argue, is as much a ritualistic performance of liberal democracy as it is a technique for increasing national security from the threat posed by terrorism. Characterised by a repetitive script, an established cast of characters and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526144921
• ISBN13: 9781526144928
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"