Victims of terrorism : a comparative and interdisciplinary study / edited by Orla Lynch and Javier Argomaniz.

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Book
Language
English
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Abingdon, Oxon : New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.
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xi, 181 pages ; 24 cm.

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  • "Based on fieldwork in several countries, this book examines the politicisation of victims of terrorism and creates a picture of the needs of victims and the reality of the victimisation experience.Victims of terrorism are a unique group of individuals whose experience, while being exceptional in so many regards, is relegated to insignificance in the literature on terrorism. The theoretical approaches to terrorism recognise categories of victims of terrorism (primary, secondary and tertiary) and relate these victims to the notion of audience. This framework considers that the primary victims are in fact incidental to the act of terrorism as opposed to the 'audience' who is the true intended recipient of the communicative act. The positioning victims of terrorism in such a framework has contributed to their neglect in the study of terrorism. While this traditional approach may have been relevant when the incidence of terrorism remained of little significance globally, the same cannot be said of this group in recent years. After 9/11, many European countries (as well as the USA) took active steps to protect and provide for the victims of terrorism, particularly given the nature of victimisation post-3/11 (Madrid) and 7/7 (London). This book is based on extensive field work in Northern Ireland, London and Spain and presents the results, which focused on the needs and experiences of victims of terrorism and political violence, and critically analyses these findings comparatively and in their own right. The aim is to assess the provision of support initiatives in Northern Ireland, mainland UK and Spain and understand if victims' needs are being met by these initiatives but most importantly to construct a picture of the local and international interpretation of the experience of victimisation by terrorism.This book will be of much interest to students of terrorism and political violence, victimology, criminology, security studies and IR"-- Provided by publisher.
  • "This book examines the politicisation of victims of terrorism and the reality of the victimisation experience within the broader field of terrorism and the resulting conflict. Victims of terrorism are a unique group of individuals whose experience is overlooked in the current literature on terrorism. Since 9/11, terrorism has risen to global prominence and has become a key topic of interest with regards to media attention and national security. As a result, many European countries (as well as the USA) have had to take active steps to protect and provide for the victims of terrorism, particularly given the nature of victimisation post-3/11 (Madrid) and 7/7 (London). Recently, we have also seen an increase in the political currency of the terrorist victim; for example, the lobbying activities and political involvement of the victims of ETA terrorism and the exceptionally powerful lobby in the USA that sees the involvement of victims of terrorism and their families in policy-making and law-enforcement transformations. This book is based on extensive field work in Northern Ireland, London and Spain and presents the results, which focus on the needs and experiences of victims of terrorism and political violence, and critically analyses these findings comparatively and in their own right. The aim is to assess the provision of support initiatives in Northern Ireland, mainland UK and Spain and understand if victims' needs are being met by these initiatives but most importantly to construct a picture of the local and international interpretation of the experience of victimisation by terrorism"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-175) and index.
Contents
  • Victims of terrorism: An introduction / Orla Lynch and Javier Argomaniz
  • The construction and politicisation of victimhood / Cheryl Lawther
  • Victims' needs and dealing with the past / Cherl Lawther
  • Victims' issues in Northern Ireland and Spain: a conceptual and theroetical overview / Carmel Joyce, Orla Lynch and Egoitz Anton
  • The needs of victims in the United Kingdom: results / Carmel Joyce and Orla Lynch
  • The needs of victims of terrorism in Spain / Rogelio Alonso and Agata Serrano
  • The use of online tools by viitims of terrorism and victims' networks / Gilbert Ramsay and Egoitz Anton
  • European instruments concerning the rights of victims of terorrism: meeting needs? / Javier Argomantiz
  • Meeting the needs of victims of terrorism: lessons for the international context / Orla Lynch and Javier Argomaniz
  • Best practice recommendations for supporting victims of terrorism / Orla Lynch, Javier Argomaniz, Agata Serrano, Carmel Joyce and Rogelio Alonso.
ISBN
  • 9780415836593 (hardback)
  • 041583659X (hardback)
LCCN
2014014880
OCLC
878117330
Other standard number
  • 40024173239
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