Gendering counterterrorism institutions
Channel: War Studies KCL
Date: 10/12/2020

Counterterrorism discourses are constructed by actors and political institutions using words and symbols, formally and informally – visibly and invisibly. This paper traces the construction of these discourses and practices by analysing how the language and practice of counterterrorism is constructed through gendered securitisation discourses.

The objective of this paper is to be able to map out the infrastructure of counterterrorism institutions in the UK to empirically trace the evolution of women as actors and targets within discourses and practices of British counterterrorism.