After the 'war on terror': Regulatory states, risk bureaucracies and the risk-based governance of terror

International Relations

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 313-329

  Heng, Yee Kuang ^a   McDonagh, Kenneth ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aviation; Risk bureaucracy; Risk regulatory regimes; Security risk; Terrorist financing; Ulrich beck; War of terror

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052360305     PISSN: 00471178     EISSN: 17412862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047117811415484     Document Type: Article

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