In this comprehensive book, an international group of leading scholars reflect on the array of proscription regimes found around the world, using a range of methodological, theoretical and disciplinary perspectives. It was originally published as a special issue of Terrorism and Political Violence.

Lee Jarvis is Professor of International Politics in the School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies at the University of East Anglia, UK.

Tim Legrand is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Adelaide, Australia.

1. The Proscription or Listing of Terrorist Organisations: Understanding, Assessment, and International Comparisons Lee Jarvis and Tim Legrand 2. The Proscription of Terrorist Organisations in Australia Nicola McGarrity and George Williams 3. "They haven't gone away you know." The Persistence of Proscription and the Problems of Deproscription Clive Walker 4. Yesterday's Law: Terrorist Group Listing in Canada Craig Forcese and Kent Roach 5. The Tamil Proscriptions: Identities, Legitimacies, and Situated Practices Suthaharan Nadarajah 6. Terrorist Organization Proscription as Counterinsurgency in the Kurdish Conflict Vicki Sentas 7. Securitization and the Proscription of Terrorist Organizations in Spain Angela K. Bourne 8. Proscription's Futures Marieke de Goede 9. "More Symbolic-More Political-Than Substantive": An Interview with James R. Clapper on the U.S. Designation of Foreign Terrorist Organizations Tim Legrand