Terrorism : a critical introduction / Richard Jackson... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jackson, Richard, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism.

Genre:

Lehrbuch.

Physical Description:

xv, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Summary:

"Terrorism has a long history but the devastating attacks of 9/11 transformed what had been seen as a relatively minor security issue into one of major global significance. This incisive new text provides an accessible and balanced assessment of political terror and its study and in the process rethinks many assumptions"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

PART I: The study of political terrorism. The Orthodox Study of Terrorism ; Critical Approaches to Terrorism Studies ; The Cultural Construction of Terrorism ; Bringing Gender into the Study of Terrorism

PART II: Key issues. Conceptualizing Terrorism ; Reconsidering the Terrorism Threat ; Types of Terrorism ; Understanding State Terrorism ; The Causes of Non-State Terrorism ; Responding to Non-State Terrorism ; Assessing the War on Terror.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0230221181

9780230221178

0230221173

9780230221185

OCLC:

706803929

Publisher Number:

99946500005