The Faces of Terrorism ：Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Publication subTitle ：Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Author： David Canter  

Publisher： John Wiley & Sons Inc‎

Publication year： 2009

E-ISBN: 9780470744505

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780470753811

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780470753804

Subject： D8 Diplomacy, International Relations

Language： ENG

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Description

An international, multi-disciplinary team explores the many different facets of terrorism, investigating what it means to be a terrorist and what terrorism means for society.

  • Gets closer to the perspectives of terrorists - their views, how their acts are conceptualized by the public and by national leaders, and how this knowledge can be put to use
  • Brings together international experts from psychology, psychiatry, law and policing
  • Edited by one of the world’s foremost forensic psychology experts, David Canter

 

Chapter

Contents

List of Contributors

Preface

1: The Multi-Faceted Nature of Terrorism: An Introduction

2: From Naïvety to Insurgency: Becoming a Paramilitary in Northern Ireland

3: The Rhetorical Foundation of Militant Jihad

4: Case study – The Puzzling Case (from a Western Perspective) of Lone Terrorist Faheem Khalid Lodhi

5: The Primacy of Grievance a s a Structural Cause of Oppositional Political Terrorism: Comparing Al-Fatah, FARC, and PIRA

6: Case Study – The 17th November Group: Europe’s Last Revolutionary Terrorists

7: Terrorism and Organized Crime: A Theoretical Perspective

8: Terrorist Networks and Small Group Psychology

9: Case study – Youth Gangs and Terrorism in Chechnya: Recruitment, Activities and Networks

10: The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend

11: The Business of Kidnap for Ransom

12: Case Study – Ramzan Kadyrov in Chechnya: Authoritarian Leadership in the Caucasus

13: From 7/7 to 8/10: Media Framing of Terrorist Incidents in the United States and United Kingdom

14: Cyberterrorism: The Emerging Worldwide Threat

15: Disengaging from Terrorism

16: De-radicalization and the Staircase from Terrorism

Index

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