Root causes of suicide terrorism : globalization of martyrdom
by
Pedahzur, Ami.
Title
:
Root causes of suicide terrorism : globalization of martyrdom
Author
:
Pedahzur, Ami.
ISBN
:
9780415770293
9780415770309
Publication Information
:
Oxon, England ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Physical Description
:
xix, 202 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series
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Cass series: political violence
Cass series on political violence
Series Title
:
Cass series: political violence
General Note
:
Formerly CIP.
Contents
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Introduction: Characteristics of suicide attacks / Ami Pedahzur and Arie Perliger -- Defining suicide terrorism / Assaf Moghadam -- Dying to kill : motivations for suicide terrorism / Mia Bloom -- Dying to be martyrs : the symbolic dimension of suicide terrorism / Mohammed M. Hafez -- The roots of suicide terrorism : a multi-causal approach / Assaf Moghadam -- Suicide terrorism for secular causes / Leonard Weinberg -- Islam and Al Qaeda / Marc Sageman -- Al-Qaeda and the global epidemic of suicide attacks / Yoram Schweitzer
Being Bin Laden : an applied decision analysis procedure for analyzing and predicting terrorists decisions / Alex Mintz, J. Tyson Chatagnier, David J. Brul -- Maghreb immigrants becoming suicide terrorists : a case study on religious radicalization processes in Spain / Rogelio Alonso and Fernando Reinares.
Abstract
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"Bringing together leading scholars in the field of terrorism studies, amongst them Marc Sageman, Leonard Weinberg, and Mia Bloom, this volume sets out to reassess the root causes of suicide terrorism at elite and rank-and-file levels. Challenging the widespread argument that suicide bombing is tightly connected to Islam, the contributors have approached the topic from a socio-cultural perspective and have juxtaposed the role of religion, and specifically Islam, in generating suicide terrorism with power struggles between elites for state control."
"This volume will be essential reading for students of terrorism, security studies, political science, and Middle Eastern politics."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject Term
:
Suicide bombings.
Terrorism.
Added Author
:
Pedahzur, Ami.
Electronic Access
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| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168020388035 | 363.325 P371R 2006 | 1 |