Tangled roots [[electronic resource] ] : social and psychological factors in the genesis of terrorism / / edited by Jeff Victoroff

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam, Netherlands ; ; Washington, DC, : IOS Press, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (496 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.325/11
• Soggetto topico: Terrorism - Social aspects; Terrorism - Psychological aspects; Terrorism - Prevention
• Altri autori: VictoroffJeffrey Ivan
• Note generali: "Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Psychology and Terrorism, Castelvecchio Pascoli, Italy, 14-17 September 2005."--T.p. verso.; "Published in cooperation with NATO Public Diplomacy Division."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Title page; Preface; Acknowledgements; Principal Contributors; Contents; Introduction: Managing Terror: The Devilish Traverse from a Theory to a Plan; What Do We Know, and What Can We Know, About the Causes of Substate Terrorism?; The Psychology of Terrorism: Toward a Scientific Approach; Who Supports Terrorism and Why?; Suicide Bombers: Why?; What Should We Do? Psychologically Informed Approaches to Reducing the Threat of Substate Terrorism; Executive Summary; Subject Index; Author Index
• Sommario/riassunto: What do we really know about the contributing causes of terrorism? Are all forms of terrorism created equal, or are there important differences in terrorisms that one must know about to customize effective counter-strategies? Does poverty cause terrorism? This book talks about the basic human ingredients that combust to produce violent extremism.
• Titolo autorizzato: Tangled roots
• ISBN: 1-280-70481-0; 9786610704811; 1-4294-5526-8; 1-60750-204-6; 600-00-0571-7; 1-4337-0123-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784254103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: NATO security through science series. : E, . -Human and societal dynamics ; ; v. 11.