{"product_id":"risk-and-the-war-on-louise-amoore-9780415443234","title":"Risk and the War on Terror","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book offers the first comprehensive and critical investigation of the specific modes of risk calculation that are emerging in the so-called War on Terror. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRisk and the War on Terror\u003c\/em\u003e offers an interdisciplinary set of contributions which debate and analyze both the empirical manifestations of risk in the War on Terror and their theoretical implications. From border controls and biometrics to financial targeting and policing practice, the imperative to deploy public and private data in order to 'connect the dots' of terrorism risk raises important questions for social scientists and practitioners alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow are risk technologies redeployed from commercial, environmental and policing domains to the domain of the War on Terror?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow can the invocation of risk in the War on Terror be understood conceptually? \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDo these moves embody transformations from sovereignty to governmentality; from discipline to risk; from geopolitics to biopolitics?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat are the implications of such moves for the populations that come to be designated as 'risky' or 'at risk'?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhere are the gaps, ambiguities and potential resistances to these practices?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn contrast with previous historical moments of risk measurement, governing by risk in the War on Terror has taken on a distinctive orientation to an uncertain future. This book will be of strong interest to students and researchers of international studies, political science, geography, legal studies, criminology and sociology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Louise Amoore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415443237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415443234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d","brand":"Louise Amoore","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43919717630207,"sku":"9780415443234","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_9d68aa50-e121-4b46-83a1-cc85b5efc57d.jpg?v=1680811500","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/risk-and-the-war-on-louise-amoore-9780415443234","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}