Britain and Terrorism: A Sociological Investigation

by Michael Dunning

Book Overview

Challenging the standard paradigm of terrorism research through the use of Norbert Elias's figurational sociology, Michael Dunning explores the development of terrorism in Britain over the past two centuries, focusing on long-term processes and shifting power dynamics. In so doing, he demonstrates that terrorism as a concept and designation is entwined with its antithesis, civilization. A range of process sociological concepts are deployed to tease...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 303072302X
• ISBN13: 9783030723026
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"