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Titolo: | The faces of terrorism [[electronic resource] ] : multidisciplinary perspectives / / edited by David Canter |
Pubblicazione: | Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (300 pages) |
Disciplina: | 363.325 |
Soggetto topico: | Terrorism - Psychological aspects |
Terrorists - Psychology | |
Terrorism - Prevention | |
Altri autori: | CanterDavid V |
Note generali: | Includes index. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | The multi-faceted nature of terrorism : an introduction / David Cantor -- From naïvety to insurgency : becoming a paramilitary in Northern Ireland / Neil Ferguson and Mark Burgess -- The rhetorical foundation of militant jihad / Sudhanshu Sarangi and David Canter -- Case study : the puzzling case (from a Western perspective) of lone terrorist Faheem Khalid Lodhi / Clive Williams -- The primacy of grievance as a structural cause of oppositional political terrorism : comparing Al Fatah, FARC, and PIRA / Jeffrey Ian Ross -- Case study : the 17th November Group: Europe's last revolutionary terrorists / George Kassimeris -- Terrorism and organized crime : a theoretical perspective / Dipak K. Gupta, John Horgan and Alex P. Schmid -- Terrorist networks and small group psychology / Sam Mullins -- Case study : Youth gangs and terrorism in Chechnya: recruitment, activities and networks / Michael Vishnevetsky -- The enemy of my enemy is my friend / Kevin Borgeson and Robin Valeri -- The business of kidnap for ransom / Everard Phillips -- Case study : Ramzan Kadyrov in Chechnya: authoritarian leadership in the Caucasus / John Russell -- From 7/7 to 8/10 : media framing of terrorist incidents in the United States and United Kingdom / Mary Brinson and Michael Stohl -- Cyberterrorism : the emerging worldwide threat / Amanda M. Sharp Parker -- Disengaging from terrorism / John Horgan -- De-radicalization and the staircase from terrorism / Fathali M. Moghaddam. |
Sommario/riassunto: | An international, multi-disciplinary team explores the many different facets of terrorism, investigating what it means to be a terrorist and what terrorism means for society. Gets closer to the perspectives of terrorists - their views, how their acts are conceptualized by the public and by national leaders, and how this knowledge can be put to useBrings together international experts from psychology, psychiatry, law and policingEdited by one of the world's foremost forensic psychology experts, David Canter |
Titolo autorizzato: | The faces of terrorism |
ISBN: | 1-282-46161-3 |
9786612461613 | |
0-470-74449-9 | |
0-470-74450-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910821069303321 |
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