Format:
1 Online-Ressource (593 pages)
Edition:
1st ed
ISBN:
9781317042099
Content:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figure and Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I DEFINING POLITICAL VIOLENCE -- 1 Political Violence: An Overview -- 2 Orthodox Accounts of Terrorism -- 3 Critical Accounts of Terrorism -- 4 State Violence as State Terrorism -- 5 The 'War on Terror' as Political Violence -- 6 The Concept of Security in Political Violence -- PART II MOTIVATIONS AND GOALS OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE -- 7 From Dissent to Revolution: Politics and Violence -- 8 Why Do Individuals Resort to Political Violence? Approaches to the Psychology of Terrorism -- 9 The Motivation of the Irish Rebel and Resistance to the Label 'Terrorist' -- 10 Martyrs without Borders: The Puzzle of Transnational Suicide Bombers -- 11 The Origins and Inhibiting Influences in Genocide, Mass Killing and Other Collective Violence -- 12 Religion as a Motivation for Political Violence -- PART III THEORISING, UNDERSTANDING AND RESEARCHING POLITICAL VIOLENCE -- 13 Social Movement Studies and Political Violence -- 14 Feminist Reflections on Political Violence -- 15 National Identity, Conflict and Political Violence: Experiences in Latin America -- 16 Staying Alive while Conducting Primary Research: Fieldwork on Political Violence -- PART IV MANIFESTATIONS OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE -- 17 Genocide as Political Violence -- 18 War as Political Violence -- PART V COUNTERING POLITICAL VIOLENCE -- 19 Intelligence and Political Violence: The Case of Counter-Terrorism -- 20 Counter-Terrorism and its Effectiveness in the UK since 1969: Does it Pay to be Tough on Terrorism? -- 21 Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights since 9/11 -- 22 Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights in the UK -- PART VI ENDING POLITICAL VIOLENCE.
Additional Edition:
9780754677529
Additional Edition:
Print version Breen-Smyth, Marie The Ashgate Research Companion to Political Violence London : Taylor and Francis,c2016 9780754677529
Language:
English
