Terrorism and Policy Relevance

<p>This book explores the interrelationship between terrorism and policy relevance from a range of critical perspectives. In particular it questions the <i>politics</i> of policy-relevance; that is it interrogates how epistemological and practical pressures to produce policy-relevant research shapes prevalent understandings of (counter)terrorism and vice-versa. </p><p>It also reflects on Critical Terrorism Studies’ (CTS) relationship to policy-relevance. Should CTS eschew engagement with policy-relevance and maintain a position <i>outside</i> the orthodoxy or are CTS scholars uniquely positioned to offer meaningful alternatives to contemporary counterterrorism practices? Read thus the question of policy relevance is central to CTS’ identity and represents an essential juncture as to how associated scholarship might develop into the future. </p>