Smelser The Faces of Terrorism

Social and Psychological Dimensions
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-2788-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten

Reihe: Science Essentials

Neil J. Smelser is university professor of sociology emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. His many books include Social Change in the Industrial Revolution, Problematics of Sociology, and Social Paralysis and Social Change.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smelser, Neil J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: INTRODUCTION 1

CHAPTER 1: The Paradoxes of Terrorism 3

PART II: CAUSES AND DYNAMICS 9

CHAPTER 2: Conditions and Causes of Terrorism 11

CHAPTER 3: Ideological Bases of Terrorist Behavior 54

CHAPTER 4: Motivation, Social Origins, Recruitment, Groups, Audiences, and the Media in the Terrorism Process 90

PART III: CONSEQUENCES AND CONTROL 121

CHAPTER 5: Anticipating, Experiencing, and Responding to Terrorist Attacks 123

CHAPTER 6: Discouraging Terrorism 160

CHAPTER 7: The Long-Term International Context of Terrorism 200

APPENDIX: The Infernal Problems of Definition and Designation 229

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 251

REFERENCES 253

INDEX 273

Über Autor(innen)

Neil J. Smelser is university professor of sociology emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. His many books include Social Change in the Industrial Revolution, Problematics of Sociology, and Social Paralysis and Social Change.