The faces of terrorism : social and psychological dimensions /

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Terrorism is the most clear and present danger we confront today, yet no phenomenon is more poorly understood by policymakers, the media, and the general public. The Faces of Terrorism is the first serious interdisciplinary examination of terrorism in all its facets. What gives rise to it, who are i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smelser, Neil J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2007.
Series:Science essentials (National Academy of Sciences (U.S.))
Subjects:
Terrorism.
Terrorism > Social aspects.
Terrorism > Psychological aspects.
Terrorism
Terrorisme.
Terrorisme > Aspect social.
Terrorisme > Aspect psychologique.
terrorism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Terrorism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Terrorism.
Sociale psychologie.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The paradoxes of terrorism
  • Conditions and causes of terrorism
  • Ideological bases of terrorist behavior
  • Motivation, social origins, recruitment, groups, audiences, and the media in the terrorism process
  • Anticipating, experiencing, and responding to terrorist attacks
  • Discouraging terrorism
  • The long-term international context of terrorism
  • Appendix: The infernal problems of definition and designation.

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