Terrorist

This book takes a broadly psychological and behavioral perspective on terrorism, and also locates the discussion within its social, political and policy context.

List of contents

PART I: Broad Issues 1. Introduction 2. Perspectives: Long-term Analysis or Short Term? PART II: There are No Magic Solutions 3. Technical 4. Political 5. Psychological PART III: What Can We Say? 6. Terrorism is not Necessarily about Politics 7. Terrorist Offenders not Discernably Different from Others 8. Mad, Bad? PART IV: Terrorist Involvement 9. Becoming a Terrorist 10. Being a Terrorist 11. Stopping Being a Terrorist PART V: Policy towards Terrorism 12. Primum non nocere: First Do No Harm 13. Offender and Criminal 14. Final Comments

About the author

Max Taylor is Professor of International Relations at the Univerity of St Andrews. He is the author of several books on terrorism, including The Future of Terrorism (with J. Horgan Frank Cass 2000) and Dissident Irish Republicanism (with M.Currie, 2011)

Summary

This book takes a broadly psychological and behavioral perspective on terrorism, and also locates the discussion within its social, political and policy context.

Product details

• Authors: Max Taylor, Max (University of St Andrews Taylor
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 30.11.2018, delayed
• EAN: 9780415821667
• ISBN: 978-0-415-82166-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Political Violence; Political Violence
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education