Terrorism & Political Violence

This book uses the theory of social movements and first-hand interviews to create a new analysis of religiously motivated political violence in the modern world. ..

This book examines potential synergies between the fields of Terrorism Studies and Peace and Conflict Studies...

Terrorism and political violence as a field is growing and expanding. This volume provides a cross-disciplinary analysis - political, philosophical and legal - in a single text and covers the full spectrum of issues, including torture, terrorism causes and cures, legal issues, globalization and coun..

The book offers different theoretical and methodological approaches to the understanding of the root causes of suicide attacks...

This book examines secessionist terrorism in a comparative context across Europe and Eurasia, and seeks to uncover comparative linkages between terrorism and secessionism...

This meticulously researched, forcibly argued and accessibly written collection explores the many and complex ways in which Africa has been implicated in the discourses and politics of September 11, 2001. Written by key scholars from Canada, the United States, the Middle East and Africa, the volume ..

This meticulously researched, forcibly argued and accessibly written collection explores the many and complex ways in which Africa has been implicated in the discourses and politics of September 11, 2001. Written by key scholars from Canada, the United States, the Middle East and Africa, the volume ..

This book provides a wealth of current information on topics in sensitive security information (SSI) to help prepare for certification in SSI protection. It covers a comprehensive range of subjects, including good information practices, the psychology of spies, establishing security plans, monitorin..

The book provides an explanation of how movements which use terrorism decline by drawing on social movement theories, using the case of Irish Republicanism as an example which can be applied to other movements...

This book examines two key themes in terrorism studies, the radicalization process and counter-terrorism policies, through the lens of social networks...

This book provides case studies, best practices, and methodologies for identifying soft target vulnerabilities and reducing risk in the United States. It assesses the attractiveness of soft target threats presented by foreign and domestic terror groups and drug trafficking organizations, and gives a..

This book explores the complicity of democratic states from the global North in state terrorism in the global South...