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" Understanding terrorism and political violence : "
Dipak K. Gupta
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628605
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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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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2008
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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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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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"This book explains the lifecycle of terrorist organizations from an innovative theoretical perspective, combining economics with social psychology. It provides a new approach to understanding human behaviour in organized society, and then uses this to analyze the forces shaping the lifecycle of violent political movements. Economic and rational-choice theorists assume that human beings are motivated only by self-utility, yet terrorism is ultimately an altruistic act in the eyes of its participants. This book highlights the importance of the desire to belong to a group as a motivating factor, and argues that all of us face an eternal trade-off between selfishness and community concern. This hypothesis is explored through four key groups; the IRA in Northern Ireland, Al Qaeda, Hamas, and the Naxalites in India. Through this, the book analyzes the birth, growth, transformation and demise of violent political movements, and ends with an analysis of the conditions which determine the outcome of the war against terrorism. Understanding Terrorism and Political Violence will be essential reading for advanced students of terrorism studies and political science, and of great interest to students of social psychology and sociology." -- Publisher's description
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Terrorism-- Social aspects
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Political violence-- Social aspects
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Political crimes and offenses-- Social aspects
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