Mark Phythian 
Intelligence, Security and Policing Post-9/11 [PDF ebook] 
The UK’s Response to the ‘War on Terror’

Discussing the UK experience in the ‘war on terror’, this book critically analyses the discourse of ‘war’ and ideas of the politics of panic, as well as forensically analyzing the effectiveness of counter-terrorist policies such as intelligence gathering and processing, counter-terrorist finance and public order.

Table of Content

Introduction; J.Moran & M.Phythian PART I: SECURITY, INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTER TERRORISM Understanding Security, Intelligence and Liberty after 9/11; J.Moran In the Shadow of 9/11: Security, Intelligence and Terrorism in the UK; M.Phythian The Pursuit of Terrorism with Intelligence; C.Walker Counter-Terrorist Finance Policies in the UK: The ‘Silver Bullet’ for Terrorism?; P.Sproat PART II: CIVIL LIBERTIES AND COUNTER TERRORISM A Chilling Consensus: Political Protest in the UK and the ‘War on Terror’; C.Newman National Security, Religious Liberty and Counter Terrorism; I.Leigh The Torture Debate: A Perspective from the United Kingdom; P.Rumney PART III: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES Law, Intelligence and Politics in Australia’s ‘War on Terror’; C.Michaelsen Counterterrorism in the Netherlands after 9/11: the ‘Dutch approach’; B.A.de Graaf & B.G.J.de Graaff The Spanish Experience of Countering Terrorism: from ETA to al Qa’eda; R.Alonso Conclusion; J.Moran & M.Phythian Bibliography

About the author

ROGELIO ALONSO is Professor of Political Science, University of King Juan Carlos and Coordinator of the Terrorism Analysis and Documentation Unit, Madrid, Spain BEATRICE A. DE GRAAF is Assistant Professor/Research Coordinator at the Centre for Terrorism and Counterterrorism, The Hague campus of Leiden University, The Netherlands BOB G.J. DE GRAAFF is Professor of Terrorism and Counterterrorism at Leiden University, The Netherlands IAN LEIGH is Professor of Law at the University of Durham, UK CHRISTOPHER MICHAELSON is a Human Rights Officer (Anti-Terrorism) at the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Austria CHRISTOPHER J. NEWMAN is Lecturer in Law at the University of Sunderland, UK PHILIP N. S. RUMNEY is Reader in the Law School at the University of the West of England, UK PETER A. SPROAT is Senior Lecturer in Fraud Management at the Centre for Fraud Management Studies, University of Teesside, UK CLIVE WALKER is Professor of Criminal Justice Studies at the School of Law, University of Leeds, UK