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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785470403321

Autore

Göcer Özgür

Titolo

International terrorism and its key market [[electronic resource] /] / Özgür Göcer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hamburg, : Druck Diplomica, 2008

ISBN

3-8366-0685-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (79 p.)

Collana

MA-thesis/master

Disciplina

303.6

303.625

Soggetti

Terrorism

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.

Nota di contenuto

International Terrorism and its Key Market

Sommario/riassunto

Hauptbeschreibung Deterrence has been a crucial element in fighting terrorism, both in politics and in rational choice analyses of terrorism. However, there are two strategies that are superior to deterrence. The first one is to make terrorist attacks less devastating and less attractive to terrorists through decentralization. The second one is to raise the opportunity cost - rather than the material cost - for terrorists. These alternative strategies will effectively dissuade potential terrorists. It is here argued that they not only apply to society as a whole but can also