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Author:
Gupta, Dipak K.
Title:
Understanding terrorism and political violence : the life cycle of birth, growth, transformation, and demise / Dipak K. Gupta.
Publisher:
Routledge,
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
xix, 283 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Terrorism--Social aspects.
Political violence--Social aspects.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-273) and index.
Contents:
Foreword / by Martha Crenshaw -- Preface: "The years that try a man's soul": a personal narrative -- Introduction -- Theories on the origins of movements -- Selfish altruist: modeling the mind of a terrorist -- The dynamics of dissent: a theoretical perspective -- Faith, nationalism, and class warfare: the birth of a movement -- Growth of a movement: accounting for rapid escalation of violence -- A marriage made in hell? Terrorism and organized crime -- Demise of dissent: the endgame of terrorism -- Terrorism's trap: a winnable war? -- Appendix A: Trade-off between interests of the individual and the collective: an expanded assumption of rationality -- Appendix B: Terrorism and organized crime: a formal model.
Series:
Political violence
ISBN:
0203930274 (ebk.)
9780203930274 (ebk.)
041577165X (pbk.)
9780415771658 (pbk.)
0415771641 (hbk.)
9780415771641 (hbk.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)171287624
LCCN:
2007036617
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

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