Understanding terrorism and political violence the life cycle of birth, growth, transformation, and demise /

• Main Author: Gupta, Dipak K.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
• Series: Cass series on political violence.
• Subjects: Terrorism > Social aspects.; Political violence > Social aspects.; POLITICAL SCIENCE > Terrorism. > Political Freedom & Security; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 283 pages) : illustrations, maps.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-273) and index.
• ISBN: 9780203930274; 0203930274

This book explains the lifecycle of terrorist organizations from an innovative theoretical perspective, combining economics with social psychology. It offers a new approach to understanding human behaviour, and uses this to analyze the forces shaping the lifecycle of violent political movements.