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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450852503321

Titolo

Tangled roots [[electronic resource] ] : social and psychological factors in the genesis of terrorism / / edited by Jeff Victoroff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, Netherlands ; ; Washington, DC, : IOS Press, c2006

ISBN

1-280-70481-0

9786610704811

1-4294-5526-8

1-60750-204-6

600-00-0571-7

1-4337-0123-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (496 p.)

Collana

NATO security through science series. E: Human and societal dynamics, , 1574-5597 ; ; v. 11

Altri autori (Persone)

VictoroffJeffrey Ivan

Disciplina

363.325/11

Soggetti

Terrorism - Social aspects

Terrorism - Psychological aspects

Terrorism - Prevention

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Psychology and Terrorism, Castelvecchio Pascoli, Italy, 14-17 September 2005."--T.p. verso.

"Published in cooperation with NATO Public Diplomacy Division."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Preface; Acknowledgements; Principal Contributors; Contents; Introduction: Managing Terror: The Devilish Traverse from a Theory to a Plan; What Do We Know, and What Can We Know, About the Causes of Substate Terrorism?; The Psychology of Terrorism: Toward a Scientific Approach; Who Supports Terrorism and Why?; Suicide Bombers: Why?; What Should We Do? Psychologically Informed Approaches to Reducing the Threat of Substate Terrorism; Executive Summary; Subject Index; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

What do we really know about the contributing causes of terrorism? Are all forms of terrorism created equal, or are there important differences in terrorisms that one must know about to customize effective counter-



strategies? Does poverty cause terrorism? This book talks about the basic human ingredients that combust to produce violent extremism.