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Understanding Terrorism. Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues *

ISBN: 9781506385815

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Fecha de Edición 01/08/2017
Plazo de entrega

24 h

Número de Edición

6

Idioma

Inglés

Formato

Libro

Páginas

552

Lugar de edición

ESTADOS UNIDOS

Encuadernación

Rústica

Editorial

SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.

EAN

978-1-5063-8581-5

SKU: 9781506385815 Autor: Categorias: ,

Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues offers a multidisciplinary, comprehensive exploration of domestic and international terrorism that helps students develop the knowledge and skills needed to critically assess the expressions and underlying causes of terrorism.

The Sixth Edition has been updated with new information on terrorist attacks and organizations, as well as key topics such as failed states, the lone-wolf model, state terrorism, human rights violations, and cyberterrorism. Discussion of policies and counterterrorism has been augmented to help students understand the challenges, perspectives, and issues relevant to terrorism today.

About the Author

 Acknowledgments

 Introduction and Rationale

 

Part I. Terrorism: A Conceptual Review

 

1. Terrorism: First Impressions

2. The Nature of the Beast: Defining Terrorism

3. Beginnings: The Causes of Terrorism

 

Part II. The Terrorists

 

4. Terror From Above: Terrorism by the State

5. Terror From Below: Terrorism by Dissidents

6. Violence in the Name of the Faith: Religious Terrorism

7. Violent Ideologies: Terrorism From the Left and Right

8. Terrorist Spillovers: International Terrorism

9. Emerging Terrorist Environments: Gender-Selective Political Violence and Criminal Dissident Terrorism

 

Part III. The Terrorist Trade and Counterterrorism

 

10. Tools of the Trade: Tactics and Targets of Terrorists

11. The Information Battleground: Terrorist Violence and the Role of the Media

12. The American Case: Terrorism in the United States

 

Part IV. Securing the Homeland

 

13. Counterterrorism: The Options

14. A New Era: Homeland Security

15. What Next? The Future of Terrorism

 

Appendix A: Map References

 Appendix B: Prominent Persons and Organization

 Glossary of Terms

 Notes

 Index

C. Augustus “Gus” Martin is a Professor of Criminal Justice Administration at California State University, Dominguez Hills, where he regularly teaches a course on the subject of terrorism and extremism. He has also served as Associate Vice President for Human Resources Management, Acting Associate Dean of the College of Business Administration and Public Policy, Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs, and Chair of the Department of Public Administration & Public Policy. He began his academic career as a member of the faculty of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, where he was an Administration of Justice professor. His current research and professional interests are terrorism and extremism, homeland security, the administration of justice, and juvenile justice.