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Freedom and Order: How Democratic Governments Restrict Civil Liberties After Terrorist Attacksand Why Sometimes They Don't

Freedom and Order: How Democratic Governments Restrict Civil Liberties After Terrorist Attacksand Why Sometimes They Don't

by Gabriel Rubin (Author)

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    Hardcover 2011

    $54.39
Synopsis

This book forwards the debate on how to respond to terror attacks. It compares legislative responses to terrorism in the United States, United Kingdom, and Israel finding that government centralization and abridgement of rights are common, but that the story is much more nuanced and complicated than at first meets the eye. Not all terror attacks lead to new legislation, many lead to muted responses.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 272
 Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 19 May 2011
ISBN 10: 0739147358
ISBN 13: 9780739147351

Media Reviews
A very useful and easy to ready book which explains why at times democratic governments are able to enact counter-terrorism laws that restrict citizens' liberties and why at other times they fail to do so. Gabriel Rubin's insightful analysis should be read by any individual who wants to understand democratic governments' reactions to terrorist threats. -- Carlos Yordan, Drew University
Scholars tend to argue that counter-terrorism policy either comes from the bottom up, as publics frightened by terrorism force their elected representative into overwrought responses, or from the top down, as presidents or prime ministers manipulate public opinion to generate support for their preferred policies. Using recent Israeli, British, and U.S. history and an impressive range of theoretical inputs, Gabriel Rubin skillfully integrates those previous distinct perspectives. This book explains how democratic leaders make civil liberties policy after terrorist attacks, but its theory will help anyone trying to understand how leaders navigate amid excitable publics and political rivals to make security policy. -- Benjamin H. Friedman, author of Terrorizing Ourselves
Author Bio
Gabriel Rubin is assistant professor in the Department of Justice Studies at Montclair State University.