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

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gupta, Dipak K.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
Series:Cass series on political violence.
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Online Access:View fulltext via EzAccess
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505 0 0 |t Foreword / Martha Crenshaw. 
505 0 0 |l 2.  |p P.11.  |t Theories of the origins of movements 
505 0 0 |l 3.  |p P.32.  |t Selfish altruist: modeling the mind of a terrorist 
505 0 0 |l 4.  |p P.64.  |t The dynamics of dissent: a theoretical perspective 
505 0 0 |l 5.  |p P.102.  |t Faith, nationalism, and class warfare: the birth of a movement 
505 0 0 |l 6.  |p P.123.  |t Growth of a movement: accounting for rapid escalation of violence 
505 0 0 |l 7.  |p P.146.  |t A marriage made in hell? Terrorism and organized crime 
505 0 0 |l 8.  |p P.161.  |t Demise of dissent: the endgame of terrorism 
505 0 0 |l 9.  |p P.181.  |t Terrorism's trap: a winnable war? 
505 0 0 |l App. A.  |p P.207.  |t Trade-off between interests of the individual and the collective: an expanded assumption of rationality 
505 0 0 |l App. B.  |p P.211.  |t Terrorism and organized crime: a formal model 
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