Coping with terrorism : origins, escalation, counterstrategies, and responses / edited by Rafael Reuveny and William R. Thompson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reuveny, Rafael.

Thompson, William R.

Series:

SUNY series in the trajectory of terror.

SUNY series in the trajectory of terror

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberty--Political aspects.

Liberty.

Terrorism--Government policy.

Terrorism.

Terrorism--Prevention.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Terrorism is imprinted on Western society's consciousness. Nearly every week a terrorist attack occurs in the world. The academic world, in attempting to understand terrorism, has often been limited to descriptive work rather than analysis, and has produced surprisingly few mainstream collections on the subject. Coping with Terrorism offers a collection of essays that ask: who are terrorists, what are their goals, who supports them, and how can we combat their tactics? The essays are scholarly, rather than journalistic or ideological, in their approach. As such, they scrutinize a much-discussed and prevalent subject and bring it into the mainstream for international relations.

Contents:

Contemporary terrorism: origins, escalation, counter strategies, and responses / Rafael Reuveny and William R. Thompson

Precursors of terror: origins of European extremism / Manus I. Midlarsky

The technology of terror: accounting for the strategic use of terrorism / Christopher K. Butler and Scott Gates

How to win enemies and influence terrorism: state repression in Chechnya / Rhonda L. Callaway and Julie Harrelson-Stephens

Democratic pieces: democratization and the origins of terrorism / Erica Chenoweth

Internationalizing domestic conflict: from local and political insurgency toward global terrorism. The Colombian case / Sandra Borda

Unspoken reciprocity: the effect of major shifts in Israeli policy on international terrorism / David Sobek and Alex Braithwaite

Unholy alliances: how trans-state terrorism and international crime make common cause / Lyubov G. Mincheva and Ted Robert Gurr

Rational counterterrorism strategy in asymmetric protracted conflicts and its discontents: the Israeli-Palestinian Case / Gil Friedman

Getting it right: understanding effective counter-terrorism strategies / William Josiger

Negotiating with terrorists and the tactical question / I. William Zartman and Tanya Alfredson

Who supports terrorism? Evidence from fourteen Muslim countries / C. Christine Fair and Bryan C. Shepherd

How northern norms affect the south: adopting, adapting, and resisting the global war on terror in South and Southeast Asia / Peter Romaniuk

Winners and losers in the war on terror: the problem of metrics / Michael Stohl

Reacting to terrorism: probabilities, consequences and persistence of fear / John Mueller.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

ISBN:

9781438433134

1438433131

9781441680297

1441680292

OCLC:

681351688

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.1353/book.544

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access