Counter-terrorism and the Prospects of Human Rights
This book offers a systematic analysis of how interaction between language of security and language of rights produces policies which not only effect everyday functioning of democracy, but also redefine the understanding of sovereignty. Demirsu discusses
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Ipek Demirsu
Counter-terrorism and the Prospects of Human Rights Securitizing Difference and Dissent
Ipek Demirsu Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Sabanci University Tuzla, Turkey
ISBN 978-3-319-50801-6 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-50802-3
ISBN 978-3-319-50802-3 (eBook)
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PREFACE
Striking the right balance between security and liberties has never been an easy task for policymakers. Particularly in the context of terrorism marked by the perception of a ubiquitous threat, the act of balancing seems to be ever more challenging. The purpose of this book is not to downplay the consequences of terrorist violence, or the heavy toll of innocent lives and the suffering of loved ones. On the contrary, as an individual witnessing the incubus that has come down upon the country I live in, one which we incessantly fail to wake up from, taking more than 200 lives in a single year with devastating attacks almost every month, I am more than aware of the gravity of brute violence. This book seeks to investigate in a critical light how we respond to such atrocities in a democratic setting, without losing the spirit of democracy. In an attempt to counter terrorism, established liberal democracies have been institutionalizing security measures that corrode the democratic pillars the society is built upon, muddying the definition of threat to include non-violent displays of difference or dissent, bypassing principles of due process; meanwhile,
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