Format:
1 online resource (316 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780470744505
Content:
An international, multi-disciplinary team explores the many different facets of terrorism, investigating what it means to be a terrorist and what terrorism means for society. Gets closer to the perspectives of terrorists - their views, how their acts are conceptualized by the public and by national leaders, and how this knowledge can be put to use Brings together international experts from psychology, psychiatry, law and policing Edited by one of the world's foremost forensic psychology experts, David Canter.
Content:
THE FACES OF TERRORISM: Multidisciplinary Perspectives -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- 1: The Multi-Faceted Nature of Terrorism: An Introduction -- 2: From Naïvety to Insurgency: Becoming a Paramilitary in Northern Ireland -- 3: The Rhetorical Foundation of Militant Jihad -- 4: Case study - The Puzzling Case (from a Western Perspective) of Lone Terrorist Faheem Khalid Lodhi -- 5: The Primacy of Grievance a s a Structural Cause of Oppositional Political Terrorism: Comparing Al-Fatah, FARC, and PIRA -- 6: Case Study - The 17th November Group: Europe's Last Revolutionary Terrorists -- 7: Terrorism and Organized Crime: A Theoretical Perspective -- 8: Terrorist Networks and Small Group Psychology -- 9: Case study - Youth Gangs and Terrorism in Chechnya: Recruitment, Activities and Networks -- 10: The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend -- 11: The Business of Kidnap for Ransom -- 12: Case Study - Ramzan Kadyrov in Chechnya: Authoritarian Leadership in the Caucasus -- 13: From 7/7 to 8/10: Media Framing of Terrorist Incidents in the United States and United Kingdom -- 14: Cyberterrorism: The Emerging Worldwide Threat -- 15: Disengaging from Terrorism -- 16: De-radicalization and the Staircase from Terrorism -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780470753811
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780470753811
Language:
English
