Q and A with Conor Gearty on Homeland Insecurity

In this interview with Anna D’Alton, Conor Gearty discusses his new book, Homeland Insecurity: The Rise and Rise of Global Anti-Terrorism Law which traces terrorism’s history, its emergence as a discourse in the 1970s and the onset of counter-terrorism laws in response. Though such regulations claim to protect citizens from the threat of violence, the book unpacks how they are used to infringe on human rights and civil liberties around the world. Homeland Insecurity: The Rise and Rise of Global Anti-Terrorism Law. History of Violence Series. Conor Gearty. Polity. 2024.