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" Understanding terrorism and political violence : "
Dipak K. Gupta.
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BL
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104634
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b62179
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| Main Entry
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Gupta, Dipak K.
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Understanding terrorism and political violence : : the life cycle of birth, growth, transformation, and demise /\ Dipak K. Gupta.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2008.
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| Series Statement
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Political violence
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xix, 283 p. :: ill., maps ;; 24 cm.
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9780415771641 (hbk.)
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: 0415771641 (hbk.)
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: 9780415771658 (pbk.)
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: 041577165X (pbk.)
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: 9780203930274 (ebk.)
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: 0203930274 (ebk.)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-273) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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Terrorism-- Social aspects.
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Political violence-- Social aspects.
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| Dewey Classification
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363.325
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HV6431.G856 2008
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