Title Securitizing Islam : identity and the search for security / Stuart Croft.

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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

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Summary	"Securitizing Islam examines the impact of 9/11 on the lives and perceptions of individuals, focusing on the ways in which identities in Britain have been affected in relation to Islam. 'Securitization' describes the processes by which a particular group or issue comes to be seen as a threat, and thus subject to the perceptions and actions which go with national security. Croft applies this idea to the way in which the attitudes of individuals to their security and to Islam and Muslims have been transformed, affecting the everyday lives of both Muslims and non-Muslims. He argues that Muslims have come to be seen as the 'Other', outside the contemporary conception of Britishness. Reworking securitisation theory and drawing in the sociology of ontological security studies, Securitizing Islam produces a theoretically innovative framework for understanding a contemporary phenomenon that affects the everyday lives of millions"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Ontological security and Britishness -- A post-Copenhagen securitization theory -- 'Two World Wars and one World Cup': constructing contemporary Britishness -- 'New Britishness' and the 'new terrorism' -- The construction of ontological insecurity -- Conclusion.
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Subject	September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001)
	Terrorism -- Prevention -- Government policy -- Great Britain.
	Terrorism -- Prevention -- Government policy.
	Great Britain.
	Terrorism -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
	Terrorism -- Social aspects.
	Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
	Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
	Islam -- Great Britain.
	Islam.
	Muslims -- Great Britain.
	Muslims.
	Islamic fundamentalism -- Great Britain.
	Islamic fundamentalism.
	Internal security -- Great Britain.
	Internal security.
	National security -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
	National security.
	Social aspects.
	Great Britain -- Public opinion.
	Public opinion.
	September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Influence.
Chronological Term	2001
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Croft, Stuart. Securitizing Islam. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9781107020467 (DLC) 2011044363 (OCoLC)760068676
ISBN	9781139233941 (electronic book)
	1139233947 (electronic book)
	9781107020467
	1107020468
	9781107632868
	1107632862
	9781139230940

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