Buch, Englisch, 322 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 454 g
Reihe: Political Violence
The Life Cycle of Birth, Growth, Transformation, and Demise
Buch, Englisch, 322 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 454 g
Reihe: Political Violence
ISBN: 978-0-367-27712-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
The second edition takes us deeper inside human motivations, which cause otherwise rational people to join dissident groups, willing to kill and be killed. In doing so, the book draws upon research on brain science, evolutionary biology, and social psychology to help explain pathological collective behavior. From the motivations of individual participants, the book turns to the evolution of terrorist groups by venturing into theories of organizational development. Together, these theories explain the life cycle – the birth, growth, transformation from an ideological group to a criminal syndicate, and demise – of a dissident organization. These hypotheses are supported with detailed case studies of three disparate terrorist movements: the nationalists of the IRA, the communist Naxalites of India, and the religious fundamentalists of al-Qaeda and ISIS.
The book’s theory leads to an explanation of the current global trend of rising tribalism and authoritarianism. The author warns that this latest wave of xenophobia and authoritarianism is likely to be exacerbated by climate change and the consequent rise in sea levels, which could displace millions from the areas least able to mitigate the effects of global warming to the countries that can.
This book will be essential reading for students of terrorism studies, and of great interest to students of social psychology, political science, and sociology.
Zielgruppe
Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
Weitere Infos & Material
1. Introduction 2. Into the Mind of An Un-rational Being 3. Path Toward Pathology: An Individual’s Perspective 4. Terrorism and Political Violence: An Organizational Perspective 5. The Dynamics of Dissent 6. Faith, Nationalism, and Class Warfare: Birth of A Movement 7. Growth and Longevity 8. A Marriage Made in Hell? Terrorism and Organized Crime 9. Demise of dissent 10. Lands of the Fearful: Tribalism and Authoritarianism, The Fifth Wave 11. Terrorism’s Trap