Tore Bjorgo (ed.)

Root Causes of Terrorism

Myths, Reality and Ways Forward
Ed. by Tore Bjoergo

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This team of international experts analyses the possibilities and limitations of preventing or reducing terrorism by addressing the factors that give rise to it and sustain it. The key questions raised include:

* what are the main circumstances that provide preconditions for the emergence of various types of terrorism?

* what are the typical precipitants that trigger terrorist campaigns?

* to what extent is it possible to reduce the problem of terrorism by influencing these causes and circumstances?

* should we address those factors that sustain terrorist campaigns rather than root causes?

This book is edited by Tore Bjørgo - Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Professor and Research Director at the Norwegian Police University College.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: RU502X
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9780415351508
• ISBN-10: 0415351502
• Artikelnr.: 13671721

Autorenporträt

Tore Bjørgo

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Tore Bjørgo 2. Exploring Roots of Terrorism Dipak K. Gupta 3. Impoverished Terrorists: Stereotype or Reality? Jitka Malecková 4. The Social and Psychological Characteristics of Terrorism and Terrorists John Horgan 5. When Hatred is Bred in the Bone: The Socio-Cultural Underpinnings of Terrorist Psychology Jerrold M. Post 6. Social, Organizational and Psychological Factors in Suicide Terrorism Ariel Merari 7. Palestinian Resistance and Suicide Bombing: Causes and Consequences Hisham H. Ahmed 8. Roots of Terrorism in the Middle East: International Pressures and International Constraints Abdullah Sahar Mohammad 9. Nationalist Separatism and Terrorism in Comparative Perspective Fernando Reinares 10. Root Causes of Terrorism? A Case Study of theTamil Insurgency and the LTTE D.R. Kaarthikeyan 11. Right-Wing Terrorism Wilhelm Heitmeyer 12. Social-Revolutionary Terrorism in Latin-America and Europe Peter Waldmann 13. The Use of Terrorism by Organized Crime: An

Rezensionen

"This collection of papers is the product of an experts' workshop (in which this reviewer participated) that was held in Oslo, Norway, in June 2003, under the auspices of the Norwegian government. It represented the first time that an academic meeting had been held to explore, in a systematic manner, the concepts and methodologies to conduct analysis on root causes of terrorism." - Joshua Sinai, 'Terrorism Bookshelf: Top 150 Books on Terrorism and Counterterrorism', Perspectives on Terrorism, Vol. 6, No. 2 (2012)

"This collection of papers is the product of an experts' workshop (in which this reviewer participated) that was held in Oslo, Norway, in June 2003, under the auspices of the Norwegian government. It represented the first time that an academic meeting had been held to explore, in a systematic manner, the concepts and methodologies to conduct analysis on root causes of terrorism." - Joshua Sinai, 'Terrorism Bookshelf: Top 150 Books on Terrorism and Counterterrorism', Perspectives on Terrorism, Vol. 6, No. 2 (2012)