Root causes of terrorism
Subtitle: myths, reality, and ways forward
By: edited by Tore Bjørgo.
Contributors: Bjørgo, Tore.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Terrorism
Description: "Addressing the causes of a problem is often more effective than trying to fight its symptoms and effects. In Root Causes of Terrorism, a team of international experts analyses the possibilities and limitations of preventing and reducing terrorism by addressing the factors that give rise to it and sustain it."--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Tore Bjørgo; title: Exploring roots of terrorism / Dipak K. Gupta; title: Impoverished terrorists : stereotype or reality? / Jitka Maleková; title: The social and psychological characteristics of terrorism and terrorists / John Horgan; title: When hatred is bred in the bone : the socio-cultural underpinnings of terrorist psychology / Jerrold M. Post; title: Social, organizational, and psychological factors in suicide terrorism / Ariel Merari; title: Palestinian resistance and "suicide bombing" : causes and consequences / Hisham H. Ahmed; title: Roots of terrorism in the Middle East : international pressures and international constraints / Abdullah Sahar Mohammad; title: Nationalist separatism and terrorism in comparative perspective / Fernando Reinares; title: Root causes of terrorism : a case study of the Tamil insurgency and the LTTE / D.R. Kaarthikeyan; title: Right-wing terrorism / Wilhelm Heitmeyer; title: Social-revolutionary terrorism in Latin-America and Europe / Peter Waldmann; title: The use of terrorism by organized crime : an Italian case study / Alison Jamieson; title: Patterns of state failure : the case of Lebanon / Farid el Khazen; title: State sponsorship : a root cause of terrorism? / Louise Richardson; title: Expected utility and state terrorism / Michael Stohl; title: A conceptual framework for resolving terrorism's causes / Joshua Sinai; title: Prevention of terrorism : towards a multi-pronged approach / Alex P. Schmid; title: Fire of Iolaus : the role of state counter-measures in causing terrorism and what needs to be done / Andrew Silke; title: Conclusions / Tore Bjørgo.