Values and Violence Intangible Aspects of Terrorism /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Karawan, Ibrahim A. (Editor), McCormack, Wayne. (Editor), Reynolds, Stephen E. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: Studies in Global Justice, 4
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Political science > Philosophy.; Comparative law.; Criminology.; Political science.; Human Geography.; Philosophy.; Political Philosophy.; International & Foreign Law/Comparative Law.; Political Science.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8660-1

In this volume an unusual array of elite scholars addresses the role of values in understanding terrorism and forming policies for responses to it. Their essays, which appear here for the first time, have significance in the fears and concerns of the moment but the enduring values they espouse exten...

Table of Contents:

• From the contents Introduction
• Part One: Setting the Scene for Political Violence (Identity, Ideology and Indoctrination)
• Part Two: Scope of the Terrorist Threat
• Part Three: Values and Policy Options for Containing Terrorism
• Index.