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Terrorism: A critical introduction. Richard Jackson... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.Description: xv, 332 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780230221178 (hardback)
  • 9780230221185 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HV 6431 .T4593 2011
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Contents:
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- PART I: THE STUDY OF POLITICAL TERRORISM -- The Orthodox Study of Terrorism -- Critical Approaches to Terrorism Studies -- The Cultural Construction of Terrorism -- Bringing Gender into the Study of Terrorism -- PART II: KEY ISSUES -- Conceptualizing Terrorism -- Reconsidering the Terrorism Threat -- Types of Terrorism -- Understanding State Terrorism -- The Causes of Non-State Terrorism -- Responding to Non-State Terrorism -- Assessing the War on Terror.
Summary: "Terrorism has a long history but the devastating attacks of 9/11 transformed what had been seen as a relatively minor security issue into one of major global significance. This incisive new text provides an accessible and balanced assessment of political terror and its study and in the process rethinks many assumptions"--
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General circulation books Presbyterian University of East Africa - Main Library General Stacks Non-fiction HV 6431 .T4593 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C2 Available 2014-3465
General circulation books Presbyterian University of East Africa - Main Library General Stacks Non-fiction HV 6431 .T4593 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C3 Available 2014-3466
General circulation books Presbyterian University of East Africa - Main Library General Stacks Non-fiction HV6431 .T4593 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 2014-3133
General circulation books Presbyterian University of East Africa - Nairobi Library General Stacks Non-fiction HV 6431 .T4593 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C4 Available 2014-3467

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- PART I: THE STUDY OF POLITICAL TERRORISM -- The Orthodox Study of Terrorism -- Critical Approaches to Terrorism Studies -- The Cultural Construction of Terrorism -- Bringing Gender into the Study of Terrorism -- PART II: KEY ISSUES -- Conceptualizing Terrorism -- Reconsidering the Terrorism Threat -- Types of Terrorism -- Understanding State Terrorism -- The Causes of Non-State Terrorism -- Responding to Non-State Terrorism -- Assessing the War on Terror.

"Terrorism has a long history but the devastating attacks of 9/11 transformed what had been seen as a relatively minor security issue into one of major global significance. This incisive new text provides an accessible and balanced assessment of political terror and its study and in the process rethinks many assumptions"--

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