Peer-Reviewed Journal Details
Mandatory Fields
Heng Y.;McDonagh K.
2011
September
International Relations
After the 'war on terror': Regulatory states, risk bureaucracies and the risk-based governance of terror
Published
8 ()
Optional Fields
Aviation Risk bureaucracy Risk regulatory regimes Security risk Terrorist financing Ulrich beck War of terror
25
3
313
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In March 2009, the Obama administration sent a message to senior Pentagon staff instructing them to refrain from using either of the terms 'Long War' or 'Global War on Terror' and to replace these terms with 'Overseas Contingency Operations'. The change in tone and, potentially, substance, from the Obama White House by ending the 'war on terror' at the rhetorical level suggests a need to shift our academic attention towards developing more appropriate analytical frameworks for examining alternative strategies for countering terrorism. This paper seeks to explore what it terms an emerging risk-based approach being deployed by states. Our framework proposed here deploys the twin concepts of 'risk bureaucracies' and risk regulatory regimes (RRRs) in examining terrorist financing and aviation security regulations. © The Author(s) 2011.
0047-1178
10.1177/0047117811415484
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