1st Edition

Risk, Global Governance and Security The Other War on Terror

By Yee-Kuang Heng, Ken McDonagh Copyright 2009
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

This book applies risk society theory to the 'War on Terror', steering the discussion away from the militaristic discourse of the Bush era towards an emphasis on global cooperation and a new cosmopolitan agenda. The literature and rhetoric of the 'War on Terror' has been dominated by dramatic high-profile military campaigns and division in the international community. This overlooks the various... Read more

1. The Other War on Terror  2 . Risk, Global Governance and Security  3. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF)  4. The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI)  5. Aviation Security  6. Whither the Other War on Terror?

Biography

Yee-Kuang Heng is Lecturer in International Relations, University of St Andrews, UK.

Kenneth McDonagh is Lecturer in International Relations in the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University.