عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
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0203930274 (ebk.)
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0415771641 (hbk.)
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041577165X (pbk.)
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9780203930274 (ebk.)
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9780415771641 (hbk.)
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9780415771658 (pbk.)
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TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Understanding terrorism and political violence :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
the life cycle of birth, growth, transformation, and demise /
First Statement of Responsibility
Dipak K. Gupta
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2008
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xix, 283 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill., maps ;
Dimensions
24 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Political violence
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-273) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Foreword / by Martha Crenshaw -- Preface: "The years that try a man's soul": a personal narrative -- Introduction -- Theories on the origins of movements -- Selfish altruist: modeling the mind of a terrorist -- The dynamics of dissent: a theoretical perspective -- Faith, nationalism, and class warfare: the birth of a movement -- Growth of a movement: accounting for rapid escalation of violence -- A marriage made in hell? Terrorism and organized crime -- Demise of dissent: the endgame of terrorism -- Terrorism's trap: a winnable war? -- Appendix A: Trade-off between interests of the individual and the collective: an expanded assumption of rationality -- Appendix B: Terrorism and organized crime: a formal model.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"This book explains the lifecycle of terrorist organizations from an innovative theoretical perspective, combining economics with social psychology. It provides a new approach to understanding human behaviour in organized society, and then uses this to analyze the forces shaping the lifecycle of violent political movements. Economic and rational-choice theorists assume that human beings are motivated only by self-utility, yet terrorism is ultimately an altruistic act in the eyes of its participants. This book highlights the importance of the desire to belong to a group as a motivating factor, and argues that all of us face an eternal trade-off between selfishness and community concern. This hypothesis is explored through four key groups; the IRA in Northern Ireland, Al Qaeda, Hamas, and the Naxalites in India. Through this, the book analyzes the birth, growth, transformation and demise of violent political movements, and ends with an analysis of the conditions which determine the outcome of the war against terrorism. Understanding Terrorism and Political Violence will be essential reading for advanced students of terrorism studies and political science, and of great interest to students of social psychology and sociology." -- Publisher's description
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Political crimes and offenses-- Social aspects
Political violence-- Social aspects
Terrorism-- Social aspects
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Gupta, Dipak K
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20080527084152.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
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