06287nam 2201321 a 450 991080992980332120200520144314.00-691-16630-71-4008-4864-410.1515/9781400848645(CKB)2550000001104461(EBL)1189075(OCoLC)852756492(SSID)ssj0000972287(PQKBManifestationID)11542209(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000972287(PQKBWorkID)10949076(PQKB)10010141(MiAaPQ)EBC1189075(StDuBDS)EDZ0001059525(MdBmJHUP)muse43364(DE-B1597)453954(OCoLC)979632606(DE-B1597)9781400848645(Au-PeEL)EBL1189075(CaPaEBR)ebr10733110(CaONFJC)MIL503810(PPN)176580395(EXLCZ)99255000000110446120130729d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe terrorist's dilemma managing violent covert organizations /Jacob N. ShapiroCourse BookPrinceton Princeton University Press20131 online resource (350 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-691-15721-9 1-299-72559-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 --IndexHow 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.TerrorismViolent crimesCross-cultural studiesOrganized crimeHistoryOrganizational behaviorFatah.Hamas.Islamist groups.Islamist terrorism.Middle East.Northern Ireland.Palestinian terrorist groups.Provisional IRA.Russian terrorist groups.Tsarist secret police.Ulster Defense Association.Ulster Volunteer Force.agency problems.agency theory.al-Qa'ida in Iraq.al-Qa'ida.bureaucracy.control.counterterror policies.counterterrorism policies.discrimination.group-specific vulnerabilities.hierarchy.internal dynamics.internal politics.managerial challenges.managerial problems.negotiated settlement.operational management.organizational analysis.organizational challenges.organizational dynamics.organizational resources.political goals.preference divergence.secrecy.secular nationalist groups.security reducing.security risks.security-control tradeoff.strategic interactions.terrorism.terrorist activity.terrorist group structure.terrorist groups.terrorist leaders.terrorist operatives.terrorist organizations.terrorists.uncertainty.violence.Terrorism.Violent crimesOrganized crimeHistory.Organizational behavior.322.4206Shapiro Jacob N313534MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809929803321The terrorist's dilemma4061791UNINA