Root causes of terrorism : myths, reality, and ways forward
First Statement of Responsibility
/ edited by Tore Bjørgo
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London; New York
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: Routledge
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2005.
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xviii, 269 p.
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: ill.
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Code E.Book: 2666
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Index
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Introduction / Tore Bjørgo -- Exploring roots of terrorism / Dipak K. Gupta -- Impoverished terrorists : stereotype or reality? / Jitka Malečková -- The social and psychological characteristics of terrorism and terrorists / John Horgan -- The socio-cultural underpinnings of terrorist psychology : 'when hatred is bred in the bone' / Jerrold M. Post -- Social, organizational, and psychological factors in suicide terrorism / Ariel Merari -- Palestinian resistance and 'suicide bombing' : causes and consequences / Hisham H. Ahmed -- Roots of terrorism in the Middle East : internal pressures and international constraints / Abdullah Yousef Sahar Mohammad -- Nationalist separatism and terrorism in comparative perspective / Fernando Reinares -- Root causes of terrorism? : a case study of the Tamil insurgency and the LTTE / Shari D.R. Kaarthikeyan -- Right-wing terrorism / Wilhelm Heitmeyer -- Social-revolutionary terrorism in Latin-America and Europe / Peter Waldmann -- The use of terrorism by organized crime : an Italian case study / Alison Jamieson -- Patterns of state failure : the case of Lebanon / Farid el Khazen -- State sponsorship : a root cause of terrorism? / Louise Richardson -- Expected utility and state terrorism / Michael Stohl -- A conceptual framework for resolving terrorism's causes / Joshua Sinai -- Prevention of terrorism : towards a multi-pronged approach / Alex P. Schmid -- Fire of Iolaus : the role of state countermeasures in causing terrorism and what needs to be done / Andrew Silke -- Conclusions / Tore Bjørgo.