Posted: April 15th, 2015

Western counter-terrorism policies since 9/11 are increasingly depicted as having failed or as even having proved counter-productive. How fair is this assessment?

Western counter-terrorism policies since 9/11 are increasingly depicted as having failed or as even having proved counter-productive. How fair is this assessment?

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I want a concise resourceful discussion that fully answers the question, not just a generalised response to the question.
I have taken my time to do an extensive research and provided most of the sources you’ll need (more than enough) so i expect to see an excellent essay that is rich in all aspects. The sources are arranged in order of relevance, however read through as much as you can to have full knowledge of the context before embarking on writing the essay, i will appreciate a good analytical work and not just a paraphrased essay. More time can be allocated so you have enough time to do this perfectly at your own comfort.
I also want an abstract overview of the whole essay in the beginning, an introduction that gives the reader a full idea of what the essay will be discussing accordingly and a conclusion that rounds up the whole argument.
Here are the many sources, read through and use as much as you can, not all have to be used:

Gearty, C. (2007) ‘Terrorism and Human Rights’, Government and Opposition 42(3), pp.340-62.

Pillar, Paul, ‘Counterterrorism’, in Paul Williams (ed.) Security Studies: An Introduction (Routledge, 2008) ch.25.

Rogers, Paul , ‘Terrorism’, in Paul Williams (ed.) Security Studies: An Introduction (Routledge, 2008) ch.12.

Zehfuss, M. (2003) ‘Forget September 11’, Third World Quarterly, 24(3) pp.513-28.

Ahmad, E. and D. Barsamian (2001) Terrorism: Theirs and Ours (Seven Stories).

Beck, U. (2002) ‘The Terrorist Threat: World Risk Society Revisited’, Theory, Culture and Society 19(4), pp39-54.

Bell, C. (2006) ‘Surveillance Strategies and Populations at Risk’, Security Dialogue 37(2), pp.147-65.

Booth, Ken and Tim Dunne (eds) (2002), Worlds in Collision: Terror and the Future of Global Order (Palgrave Macmillan)

Boyle, Michael, ‘Terrorism and Insurgency’, in Craig A. Snyder (ed.) Contemporary Security and Strategy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008) ch.10.

Buzan, B. (2006) ‘Will the ‘global war on terrorism’ be the new Cold War?’ International Affairs 82(6), pp.1101-1118.

Carter, A. (2001) ‘Architecture of Government: In the Face of Terrorism’, International Security (Winter 2001/02).

Chalk, Peter, (1996), West European Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism: The Evolving Dynamic (Macmillan)

Chomsky, N. (1989) The Culture of Terrorism (Pluto).

Chomsky, N. (2003) ‘Wars on Terror’, New Political Science 25(1), pp.113-127.

Chomsky, N. (2001) 9-11 (New York: Seven Stories Press)

Closs Stephens, A. and N. Vaughan-Williams (Eds) Terrorism and the Politics of Response (Abingdon and New York: Routledge, 2008).

Croft, S. (2006) Culture, Crisis and America’s War on Terror (Cambridge University Press).

Dannreuther, R. (2007) International Security: The Contemporary Agenda (Polity) ch.9.

Der Derian, J. (1992) Antidiplomacy: Spies, Terror, Speed and War (Blackwell), ch.4.

Derrida, J (2003), ‘Autoimmunity: Real and symbolic suicides. A dialogue with Jacques Derrida’ in

Borradori, G (ed) Philosophy in a Time of Terror: Dialogues with Jurgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida (Uni of Chicago Press) (see also ‘Deconstructing Terrorism’ – a commentary/explanation of this interview by Borradori in the same volume)

Dershowitz, A. M. (2003), Why Terrorism Works: Responding to the Challenge (Yale Uni Press)

De Goede, M. (2008) ‘The Politics of Preemption and the War on Terror in Europe’, European Journal of International Relations 14(1), pp.161-85.

Dillon, Michael,(1998), ‘Criminalising Social and Political Violence’ Millennium 27(3): 543-568.

Fierke, K. (2007) Critical Approaches to International Security (Polity) ch.8.

Fierke, K. (2009) ‘Agents of death: the structural logic of suicide terrorism and martyrdom’, International Theory 1(1), pp.155-84.

Freedman, L. (2007) ‘Terrorism as Strategy’, Government and Opposition 42(3), pp.314-39.

George, A. (ed.) (1991) Western State Terrorism (Polity Press).

Gunning, J. (2007) ‘ A Case for Critical Terrorism Studies?’ Government and Opposition 42(3), pp.363-93.

Halliday, Fred, (2001), Two Hours that Shook the World: September 11th Causes and Consequences (Saqi Books)

Hansen, L. (2004) ‘From Bentham to Bush: Surveillance, Security and the Quest for Visibility’, in S.

Guzzini and D. Jung (eds.) Contemporary Security Analysis and Copenhagen Peace Research (Routledge) pp.117-27.

Hindess, Barry, (2006), ‘Terrortory’, Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, 31: 243-257.

Hoffman, Bruce, (1998) Inside Terrorism (Gollancz)
International Affairs (2010) 86(4), special issue on terrorism and counter-terrorism

Jabri, V. (2006) ‘War, Security and the Liberal State’, Security Dialogue 37(1), pp.47-64.

Jackson, R. Writing the War on Terrorism: Language, Politics and Counter-terrorism (Manchester University Press, 2005).

Kellner, D. (2004) ‘9/11, Spectacles of Terror and Media Manipulation,’ Critical Discourse Studies, 1(1), pp. 41-64.

Kiras, James, ‘Irregular Warfare: Terrorism and Insurgency’, in J. Baylis et al., (eds.) (2010) Strategy in the Contemporary World (Oxford UP). Ch.9.
Lutz, Brenda and James Lutz (2010) ‘Terrorism’, in

Alan Collins (ed.) Contemporary Security Studies (Oxford UP) ch.20.

Lyon, D. (2007) Surveillance Studies: An Overview (Polity).

Marchal, Roalnd, ‘Warlordism and Terrorism: How to Obscure and already Confusing Crisis? The Case of Somalia’, International Affairs 83:6 (2007), pp.1091-1106.

McDonald, M. (2005) ‘Be Alarmed? Australia’s Anti-Terrorism Kit and the Politics of Security’, Global Change, Peace and Security, 17(2), pp.171-89.

Noxolo, P. and J. Huysmans (2009) Community, Citizenship and the War on Terror (Palgrave).

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Rees, Wyn, Transatlantic Counter-Terrorism Cooperation (Routledge, 2006).

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Baylis et al., (eds.) (2007) Strategy in the Contemporary World (Oxford UP). Ch.9.

Zehfuss, M. (2003) ‘Forget September 11’, Third World Quarterly, 24(3) pp.513-28.

‘The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States’, (New York and London: W.W. Norton and Company); The Website of the US Department for Homeland Security https://www.dhs.gov/index.shtm.