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The faces of terrorism : social and psychological dimensions / Neil J. Smelser.

By: Smelser, Neil J [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Science essentials (National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)): Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, �2007Description: 1 online resource (vi, 285 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781400827886; 1400827884; 1282157302; 9781282157309.Subject(s): Terrorism | Terrorism -- Social aspects | Terrorism -- Psychological aspects | Terrorism | Terrorisme | Terrorisme -- Aspect social | Terrorisme -- Aspect psychologique | terrorism | POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Terrorism | POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Terrorism | Terrorism | Terrorism -- Psychological aspects | Terrorism -- Social aspects | Terrorisme | Sociale psychologieGenre/Form: Electronic books. | Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Faces of terrorism.DDC classification: 303.6/25 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
The paradoxes of terrorism -- Conditions and causes of terrorism -- Ideological bases of terrorist behavior -- Motivation, social origins, recruitment, groups, audiences, and the media in the terrorism process -- Anticipating, experiencing, and responding to terrorist attacks -- Discouraging terrorism -- The long-term international context of terrorism -- Appendix: The infernal problems of definition and designation.
Summary: Terrorism is the most clear and present danger we confront today, yet no phenomenon is more poorly understood by policymakers, the media, and the general public. The Faces of Terrorism is the first serious interdisciplinary examination of terrorism in all its facets. What gives rise to it, who are its proponents and how do they think, and how--and why--does it work? Neil Smelser begins by tackling the fundamental problem of defining what exactly terrorism is. He shows why a precise definition has eluded us until now, and he proposes one that takes into account the full complexities of this unc.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-272) and index.

The paradoxes of terrorism -- Conditions and causes of terrorism -- Ideological bases of terrorist behavior -- Motivation, social origins, recruitment, groups, audiences, and the media in the terrorism process -- Anticipating, experiencing, and responding to terrorist attacks -- Discouraging terrorism -- The long-term international context of terrorism -- Appendix: The infernal problems of definition and designation.

Terrorism is the most clear and present danger we confront today, yet no phenomenon is more poorly understood by policymakers, the media, and the general public. The Faces of Terrorism is the first serious interdisciplinary examination of terrorism in all its facets. What gives rise to it, who are its proponents and how do they think, and how--and why--does it work? Neil Smelser begins by tackling the fundamental problem of defining what exactly terrorism is. He shows why a precise definition has eluded us until now, and he proposes one that takes into account the full complexities of this unc.

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