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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789006103321

Titolo

Understanding terrorism [[electronic resource] ] : a socio-economic perspective / / edited by Raul Caruso, Andrea Locatelli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, England : , : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78350-828-0

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (275 p.)

Collana

Contributions to conflict management, peace economics and development, , 1572-8323 ; ; v. 22

Altri autori (Persone)

CarusoR <1972-> (Raul)

LocatelliAndrea

Disciplina

363.325165

Soggetti

Political Science - Political Freedom & Security / Terrorism

"Terrorism, armed struggle"

Terrorist attack

Terrorism - Social aspects

Terrorism - Economic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

What is terrorism? Concepts, definitions and classifications / Andrea Locatelli -- Economic determinants of terrorism / Daniel Meierrieks -- Modeling terror attacks : a cross-national, out-of-sample study / Ryan Bakker, Daniel W. Hill, Will H. Moore -- Measuring security / Tilman Brück, Olaf J. de Groot, Neil T.N. Ferguson -- Measuring terrorism with the global terrorism index / Daniel Hyslop, Thomas Morgan -- Terrorism and economic sentiment in European countries / Christos Kollias, Stephanos Papadamou -- Terrorism as "a political world" : identity, strategy, values / Damiano Palano / Peter Phillips -- A comparative analysis of homegrown terrorism / Kaisa Hinkkainen -- Close to the edge : cyberterrorism today / Giampiero Giacomello -- Some insights on the link between terrorism, organised crime and new wars / Carla Monteleone, Raul Caruso, Andrea Locatelli.

Sommario/riassunto

The recent proliferation of studies on terrorism has brought scholars from different fields and approaches to converge on this phenomenon. As a result, economists, social and political scientists have developed



theories, evidence and, in a sense, even a peculiar jargon of their own. Starting from this assumption, the book aims to bring scholars with different expertise and background around the same table, showing how their individual perspectives can contribute to a broader understanding of the issue at stake. In other words, the aim that inspires the book is that the multi-disciplinary nature of terrorism requires a concerted effort by social sciences  in particular, economics and political science. The book deals with a number of issues  from the definition and forms of terrorism, to its economic determinants, from the distribution and forecast of terror attacks to the measurement of their impact on societies.