At a time when many studies are overly policy oriented and focused solely on security implications, this bookshelf essential presents a much needed account on the epistemic structures underlying the social construction of terror/ism and al Qaeda.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2012-07-28
Language: English
Number of Pages: 192
Edition: 1
Series: Rethinking Political and International Theory
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