Turning to Political Violence : The Emergence of Terrorism / Marc Sageman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sageman, Marc, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political violence--History.

Political violence.

Radicalization--History.

Radicalization.

Terrorism--History.

Terrorism.

Terrorists--Psychology--History.

Terrorists.

Political Science.

Public Policy.

Local Subjects:

Political Science.

Public Policy.

Genre:

History

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 496 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English

Summary:

Counterterrorism consultant Marc Sageman examines the history and theory of political violence in his comprehensive new book. Seeking patterns across numerous key case studies, Turning to Political Violence offers a paradigm-shifting perspective that yields stark new implications for how liberal democracies should respond to terrorism.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; 1. A Model of the Turn to Political Violence; 2. The French Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Political Violence; 3. Political Violence from the Restoration to the Paris Commune; 4. The Professionalization of Terroristic Violence in Russia; 5. Anarchism and the Expansion of Political Violence; 6. The Specialized Terrorist Organization: The PSR Combat Unit 1902-1908; 7. Banditry, the End of a World, and Indiscriminate Political Violence; 8. Policy Implications; Appendix. Testing the Social Identity Perspective Model of the Turn to Political Violence; Notes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Jul 2017)

ISBN:

9780812293821

0812293827

OCLC:

987095868