The Politics of Terror: The U.S. Response to 9/11

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William J. Crotty
UPNE, 2004 - History - 322 pages

In the wake of the September 11 attacks, Americans were confronted with a new kind of war and a new kind of danger. After the strikes, institutions were created to mobilize the domestic response to potential terrorist threats and Congress passed legislation giving the president broad powers to fight terrorism and to provide heightened security for the nation. In this timely work, a team of experts addresses the question of how a democracy faces the challenge of balancing legitimate homeland security concerns against the rights and freedoms of its citizens. They evaluate the measures introduced in the aftermath of 9/11 and assess the far-reaching consequences of those changes for American politics and society.

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Contents

Prerequisites for Morally Credible Condemnations of Terrorism
3
DEMOCRATIC VALUES
35
The War on Terrorism and the New Patriotism
64
Politics National Security
95
Civil Liberties and the Judiciary in the Aftermath of 911
134
911 and the American Public
160
Institutional Mobilization to Fight the Threat
191
Organizational Responses to Terrorism
235
The Implications of 911 for the Bush
252
Terrorism Security and the American State
278
Contributors
303
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William J. Crotty, editor of the Northeastern Series on Democratization and Political Development, is Thomas P. O'Neill Chair in Public Life and Director of the Center for the Study of Democracy at Northeastern University. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including The State of Democracy in America, The Politics of Political Assassinations, America's Choice 2000, and The Politics of Presidential Selection.