Women as terrorists [[electronic resource] ] : mothers, recruiters, and martyrs / / R. Kim Cragin and Sara A. Daly

• Autore: Cragin Kim
• Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger Security International, , c2009; New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2023
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (158 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.325082
• Soggetto topico: Women terrorists
• Altri autori: DalySara A
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Terrorist motivations and group dynamics -- Women as logisticians -- Women as recruiters -- Women as suicide bombers -- Women as operational leaders and fighters -- Women as political vanguards -- Women as terrorists, past, present and future.
• Sommario/riassunto: Women as Terrorists: Mothers, Recruiters, and Martyrs is the first post-September 11 book to examine women's multifarious roles in terrorist organizations of all stripes around the world. It covers political, religious, ethno-separatist, and Maoist groups in countries as diverse as Iraq, Palestine, Chechnya, Sri Lanka, Colombia, South Africa, the Philippines, and Northern Ireland. ||Modeling terrorist organizations as purposive organizations that depend for support, recruitment, and rationale on a culturally defined community of sympathizers, the authors explore why women become involved in te
• Titolo autorizzato: Women as terrorists
• ISBN: 979-82-16-03696-8; 1-282-53496-3; 9786612534966; 0-313-05944-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792363803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II