Turning to Political Violence : The Emergence of Terrorism /
What motivates those who commit violence in the name of political beliefs? Terrorism today is not solely the preserve of Islam, nor is it a new phenomenon. It emerges from social processes and conditions common to societies throughout modern history, and the story of its origins spans centuries, enc...
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2017]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- 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
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments