WP 1 : The new state of Exception: The political and social implications of globalized insecurities

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• Conference Report : The social, legal and political challenges of counter-terrorism

  23 July 2007, by Neal Andrew
  Workpackage 1 organised a one-day workshop in London to bring together practitioners and academics from multiple disciplines including law, government, international relations, political science, sociology and media studies. The aim was to discuss recent transformations in the field of counter-terrorism and their social, legal and political implications. It was attended by 40 people from universities and institutions across the UK and Europe. The day was organised around three thematic panels on the legal implications of counter-terrorism and extraordinary rendition for the EU; the political-theoretical implications of recent transformations in counter-terrorism and practices of exceptionalism; and finally on the social implications of counter-terrorism with regard to the media, globalisation and human rights.

• Workshop programm : The social, legal and political challenges of counter-terrorism

  23 July 2007, by Neal Andrew
  Recent years have seen rapid innovations in the practices, principles and critiques of counter-terrorism. This workshop will bring academics and practitioners together to discuss the social, legal and political implications of the changing field.

• The New State of Exception: The Political and Social Implications of Globalized Insecurities - General bibliography

  19 April 2005, by Aradau Claudia, Jabri Vivienne
  The document contains comments on five main books for the research and a general bibliography.

• WP1: The New State of Exception: The Political and Social Implications of Globalized Insecurities

  19 April 2005, by Aradau Claudia, Dillon Michael, Huysmans Jef , Jabri Vivienne, Loader Ian, Neal Andrew, Walker Rob J.
  This workpackage draws on political and cultural theory, international relations, and criminology to develop an innovative theorisation of the nexus between security and liberty and its application to the European context. It specifically responds to characterisations of contemporary security practices in terms of «the state of exception», the spatio-temporal re-articulation of the exception in political practice, and the political and social implications of this re-articulation.

• Review of the literature on the «state of exception» and the application of this concept to contemporary politics

  3 March 2005, by Neal Andrew
  This paper seeks to make a sustained theoretical intervention into the critical-theoretical debate that has been emerging around the terms ‘exception’, ‘state of exception’, and ‘exceptionalism’. Here we will enquire into the concept of ‘exceptionalism’ as a means of critically engaging with the sovereign declaration and enactment of ‘exceptions’ to legal, political, social, historical and cultural norms, typically in the name of security imperatives or a ‘state of emergency’.

• The New State of Exception: The Political and Social Implications of Globalized Insecurities

  30 November 2004, by Jabri Vivienne, Walker Rob J.
  This workpackage draws on political and cultural theory, international relations, and criminology to develop an innovative theorisation of the nexus between security and liberty and its application to the European context. It specifically responds to characterisations of contemporary security practices in terms of «the state of exception», the spatio-temporal re-articulation of the exception in political practice, and the political and social implications of this re-articulation.