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Titolo |
Terrorism's unanswered questions / / edited by Adam B. Lowther and Beverly Lindsay |
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Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger Security International, , 2008 |
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London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), , 2024 |
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9798216024521 |
9786612420832 |
9781282420830 |
1282420836 |
9780313353239 |
0313353239 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (250 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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LindsayBeverly |
LowtherAdam |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Terrorism |
World politics - 21st century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-229) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Prefacing Our Current Journey on Terrorism; Chapter 1: Introduction; PART I: UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE OF TERRORISM; Chapter 2: Terrorism: Its Goals, Targets, and Strategies; Chapter 3: Measuring the Enemy: Social Support for Islamist Terrorism; Chapter 4: Terrorism and International Law: Past, Present, and Future; PART II: THE STRATEGY AND TACTICS OF TERROR; Chapter 5: Targeting: Terrorism and Nongovernmental Organizations; Chapter 6: The Weapons of Mass Destruction Threat to the United States; Chapter 7: Purifying the Heart: Suicide . . . or Jihadi Acts? |
PART III: SOCIOPSYCHOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL VARIABLESChapter 8: A Social Psychological Perspective on Terrorist Behavior; Chapter 9: Democracy, Terrorism, and University Engagement; PART IV: MOVING TOWARD THE FUTURE; Chapter 10: Multidisciplinary Perspectives and Policy Research on Terrorism: Creating Authentic Solutions or Lingering Intellectual Debates?; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; |
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I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Editors and Contributors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Despite the growth of interest in the study of terrorism since 9/11, terrorism analysts rarely take a multidisciplinary approach to the subject. This leaves a number of terrorism's characteristics to be explored in new and unique ways. Terrorism's Unanswered Questions brings together scholars from the fields of criminology, international relations, law, political science, security studies, and sociology to answer several important questions where consensus has yet to be reached. Each chapter offers a new approach to the question asked that is both unique and challenges popular thought. The res |
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