Naspir members Richard Jackson and Piers Robinson are founding editor and co-editor respectively of this important new journal which aims to redefine the field of terrorism studies: 

Critical Studies on Terrorism

Aims & Scope

Critical Studies on Terrorism is a new international, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal starting in 2008. The journal will publish quality research on all aspects of terrorism, counter-terrorism and state terror.

Published By: Routledge
Volume Number: 1
Frequency: 3 issues per year
Print ISSN: 1753-9153
Online ISSN: 1753-9161

A key aim of the journal is to encourage fruitful intellectual engagement between critical and orthodox accounts of terrorism, and to stimulate debate between security management intellectuals and critically-oriented scholars. In particular, the editors are looking for empirical, theoretical and policy-oriented articles that recognise the inherently problematic nature of the terrorism label, employ a critical-normative perspective broadly defined, and challenge accepted orthodoxy. Research on terrorism employing methodological and disciplinary perspectives – positivist and post-positivist – normally unfamiliar to political science and international relations is especially encouraged.

Within this broad framework, the journal seeks to publish in the following areas:

The achievements and limitations of terrorism studies as a discipline
Ethical-normative analyses of terrorism and counter-terrorism
State terror and political repression
The causes of terrorism
Critical analyses of the war on terror
The institutionalisation of counter-terrorism
Gender dimensions of terrorism and counter-terrorism
Conflict resolution and pathways out of terrorism
Terrorism, Counter-terrorism and the Global South
Torture, human rights, and coercive counter-terrorism
Media studies of terrorism and counter-terrorism
Identity, culture and representation of terrorism
The anthropology of state and non-state terrorism
Sociological dimensions of terrorism
The psychology of terrorism and counter-terrorism
Comparative history of terrorism and counter-terrorism
Legal analyses of terrorism and counter-terrorism

Critical Studies on Terrorism will provide a forum for the publication of original theoretical and empirical research articles, disciplinary debates and assessments, editorial commentary, special issues, research notes, announcements and book reviews.

Critical Studies on Terrorism will be of interest to practitioners and scholars from a wide variety of disciplines, including: political science, security studies, international relations, sociology, psychology, history, applied philosophy, religious studies, law, criminology, anthropology, communication, media studies, cultural studies, gender studies, conflict resolution, development studies and area studies, among others

Special Issue: Critical Terrorism Studies: Foundations, Issues, Challenges

Introduction by Richard Jackson, Marie Breen Smyth, Jeroen Gunning, Piers Robinson and George Kassimeris
Contributors:
• Anthony Burke, University of New South Wales, Australia
• Allen Feldman, New York University
• Adrian Guelke, Queens University Belfast, United Kingdom
• John Horgan, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
• Marc Sageman, Harvard University
• Jeffrey Sluka, Massey University, New Zealand
• Michael Stohl, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Leonard Weinberg, University of Reno, Nevada
• Joseba Zulaika, University of Reno, Nevada

Editorial Board

Editors:

Richard Jackson - (Founding Editor) -  Aberystwyth University, UK
Marie Breen Smyth - Aberystwyth University, UK
Jeroen Gunning - Aberystwyth University, UK
Piers Robinson - The University of Manchester, UK
George Kassimeris - University of Wolverhampton, UK

Reviews Editor:

George Kassimeris - University of Wolverhampton, UK

Editorial Board:

David Altheide - Arizona State University, USA
Roland Bleiker - University of Queensland, Australia
Robert Brecher - Brighton University, UK
Anthony Burke - University of New South Wales, Australia
William Callahan - Manchester University, UK
Noam Chomsky - MIT, USA
Stuart Croft - University of Warwick, UK
David Domke - University of Washington, USA
Mark Duffield - Bristol University, UK
Allen Felman - New York University, USA
Adrian Guelke - Queens University Belfast, UK
Eric Herring - Bristol University, UK
Andrew Hoskins - University of Wales, Swansea, UK
Andrew James - Manchester University, UK
Gus Martin - California State University, Dominguez Hills, USA
Jude Mcculloch - Monash University, Australia
Matt McDonald - Warwick University, UK
David Miller - Strathclyde University, UK
John Mueller - Ohio State University, USA
Ben O'Loughlin - Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Louise Richardson - Harvard, USA
Sandra Silberstein - Washington University, USA
Jeffrey Sluka - Massey University, New Zealand
Christine Sylvester - Lancaster University, UK
Charles Townshend - Keele University, UK
Joseba Zulaika - University of Nevada, Reno, USA
 
Submission Guidelines
 
Articles should be 7-8,000 words in length, including footnotes. Articles should be sent electronically to The Editors at:

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