1st Edition
Constructing Global Enemies Hegemony and Identity in International Discourses on Terrorism and Drug Prohibition
By Eva Herschinger
Copyright 2011
224 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
224 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Constructing Global Enemies asks how and why specific interpretations of international terrorism and drug abuse have become hegemonic at the global level. The book analyses the international discourses on terrorism and drug prohibition and compares efforts to counter both, not only from a contemporary but also from a historical perspective.
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1. Introduction 2. On Hegemony and Identity in International Security Discourses 3. Opening the ‘Black Box’: The Construction of International Hegemonies 4. International Drug Prohibition: Constructing the ‘Drug-Free World’ 5. Writing the ‘War on Terror’: The Struggle of Hegemonic Projects 6. Comparing the ‘War on Drugs’ and the ‘War on Terror’ 7. Conclusion. Appendix
Biography
Eva Herschinger is a research associate and lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the Universität der Bunderswehr, München, Germany.
