The faces of terrorism
Subtitle: multidisciplinary perspectives
By: edited by David Canter.
Contributors: Canter, David V.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780470753804; 9780470753811
Subjects: Terrorism -- Psychological aspects; Terrorists -- Psychology; Terrorism -- Prevention
Description: The multi-faceted nature of terrorism : an introduction / David Cantor -- From naïvety to insurgency : becoming a paramilitary in Northern Ireland / Neil Ferguson and Mark Burgess -- The rhetorical foundation of militant jihad / Sudhanshu Sarangi and David Canter -- Case study : the puzzling case (from a Western perspective) of lone terrorist Faheem Khalid Lodhi / Clive Williams -- The primacy of grievance as a structural cause of oppositional political terrorism : comparing Al Fatah, FARC, and PIRA / Jeffrey Ian Ross -- Case study : the 17th November Group: Europe's last revolutionary terrorists / George Kassimeris -- Terrorism and organized crime : a theoretical perspective / Dipak K. Gupta, John Horgan and Alex P. Schmid -- Terrorist networks and small group psychology / Sam Mullins -- Case study : Youth gangs and terrorism in Chechnya: recruitment, activities and networks / Michael Vishnevetsky -- The enemy of my enemy is my friend / Kevin Borgeson and Robin Valeri -- The business of kidnap for ransom / Everard Phillips -- Case study : Ramzan Kadyrov in Chechnya: authoritarian leadership in the Caucasus / John Russell -- From 7/7 to 8/10 : media framing of terrorist incidents in the United States and United Kingdom / Mary Brinson and Michael Stohl -- Cyberterrorism : the emerging worldwide threat / Amanda M. Sharp Parker -- Disengaging from terrorism / John Horgan -- De-radicalization and the staircase from terrorism / Fathali M. Moghaddam.
Notes: Includes index.