1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910137002003321

Titolo

Enzyklopädie der slowenischen Kulturgeschichte in Kärnten/Koroška : von den Anfängen bis 1942 / / Katja Sturm-Schnabl, Bojan-Ilija Schnabl (Hg.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wien : , : Böhlau Verlag, , 2016

©2016

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (3 volumes (1603 pages)) : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps (some colour)

Collana

Open Access e-Books

Knowledge Unlatched

Disciplina

305.891840436603

Soggetti

Slovenes - Austria - Carinthia - Biography

Carinthia (Austria) History Encyclopedias

Carinthia (Austria) Civilization Encyclopedias

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Band 1. A-I -- Band 2. J-PI -- Band 3. PO-Z.

Sommario/riassunto

The Encyclopaedia of Slovenian cultural history in Carinthia (Austria) is conceaved as a pluridisciplinary and intercultural reference work with over 160 authors, some 1000 entries and in total over 2100 conceptual entries covering areas such as history, legal history, sociology, linguistics, dialectology, literature, ethnology, art history, biographic studies, terminology. It provides a cross-linked understanding of the geographical area as well as of the cultural and societal processes in the region from an innovative perspective.

Eine pluridisziplinäre und interkulturell konzipierte Enzyklopädie der regionalen Kulturgeschichte der Kärntner Slowenen in Österreich mit Beiträgen von über 160 Autoren unterschiedlicher Fachrichtungen und ca. 1000 Schlagwörtern und insgesamt über 2100 konzeptuellen Einträgen aus den Bereichen Geschichte, Rechtsgeschichte, Soziologie, Sprachwissenschaft, Dialektologie, Literaturgeschichte, Ethnologie, Kunstgeschichte, Biographien, Terminologie u.a.m., das ein vernetztes Verständnis der geographischen und kulturhistorischen Räume und



gesellschaftlichen Prozesse im Land aus einer innovativen Perspektive ermöglicht.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452667603321

Autore

Shapiro Jacob N

Titolo

The terrorist's dilemma [[electronic resource] ] : managing violent covert organizations / / Jacob N. Shapiro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, : Princeton University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-691-16630-7

1-4008-4864-4

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (350 p.)

Disciplina

322.4206

Soggetti

Terrorism

Violent crimes

Organized crime - History

Organizational behavior

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Terrorist's Dilemma -- Chapter 3. The Insider's View on Terrorist Organizations -- Chapter 4. Organizing Al-Qa'ida in Iraq's Operations and Finances -- Chapter 5. The Tradeoffs -- Chapter 6. Uncertainty and Control in Russia -- Chapter 7. Discrimination and Control in Ireland -- Chapter 8. Preference Divergence and Control in Palestine -- Chapter 9. Conclusion and Recommendations -- Appendix A. Annotated Bibliography of Terrorist Autobiographies -- Appendix B. Methodological Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

How do terrorist groups control their members? Do the tools groups use to monitor their operatives and enforce discipline create security vulnerabilities that governments can exploit? The Terrorist's Dilemma is the first book to systematically examine the great variation in how



terrorist groups are structured. Employing a broad range of agency theory, historical case studies, and terrorists' own internal documents, Jacob Shapiro provocatively discusses the core managerial challenges that terrorists face and illustrates how their political goals interact with the operational environment to push them to organize in particular ways. Shapiro provides a historically informed explanation for why some groups have little hierarchy, while others resemble miniature firms, complete with line charts and written disciplinary codes. Looking at groups in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America, he highlights how consistent and widespread the terrorist's dilemma--balancing the desire to maintain control with the need for secrecy--has been since the 1880's. Through an analysis of more than a hundred terrorist autobiographies he shows how prevalent bureaucracy has been, and he utilizes a cache of internal documents from al-Qa'ida in Iraq to outline why this deadly group used so much paperwork to handle its people. Tracing the strategic interaction between terrorist leaders and their operatives, Shapiro closes with a series of comparative case studies, indicating that the differences in how groups in the same conflict approach their dilemmas are consistent with an agency theory perspective. The Terrorist's Dilemma demonstrates the management constraints inherent to terrorist groups and sheds light on specific organizational details that can be exploited to more efficiently combat terrorist activity.