editors, Ibrahim A. Karawan, Wayne McCormack, Stephen E. Reynolds
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[Dordrecht] :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2008
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xviii, 288 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill., maps ;
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24 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Studies in global justice ;
Volume Designation
4
GENERAL NOTES
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"The essays in this volume are products of a conference at the University of Utah that was itself the outgrowth of an in-house study group which began meeting in 2005"--P. ix
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
REPRODUCTION NOTE
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Also available in print
CONTENTS NOTE
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Pt. I. Social identity and political violence. Violence in identity / Amartya Sen -- Gandhi, Newton, and the Enlightenment / Akeel Bilgrami -- Ideas as weapons : militant Islamist groups in Egypt / Ibrahim Karawan -- Female terrorists : martyrdom and gender equality / Marilyn Friedman -- Ethnicity and indoctrination for violence : the efficiency of producing terrorists / Frank Salter -- The clash within : democracy and the Hindu Right / Martha C. Nussbaum -- Pt. II. Scope of the terrorist threat. Assessing the state of Al Qaeda and current and future terrorist threats / Bruce Hoffman -- The debate over "new" vs. "old" terrorism / Martha Crenshaw -- Globalization, social capital and networked violence : the role of values / Benjamin N. Judkins and Stephen E. Reynolds -- Geospatial analysis of dynamic terrorist networks / Richard Medina and George Hepner -- Developing moral agency in the midst of violence : children, political conflict, and values / Cecilia Wainryb and Monisha Pasupathi -- Violent and non-violent reponses to state failure : Papua New Guinea and Ecuador / Ken Jameson and Polly Wiessner -- Pt. III. Values and policy choices. Terrorism, Islam and America : in search of a disarming narrative / Tom Farer -- The importance of values in the fight against terrorism / Amos N. Guiora -- "Terrorism" : reflections on legitimacy and policy considerations / M. Cherif Bassiouni -- Values implicated in the struggle with terrorism : war, crime, and prevention / Wayne McCormack