Historical Roots of Political Violence - Revolutionary Terrorism in Affluent Countries

Offers the first comprehensive analysis of the wave of revolutionary terrorism in affluent countries.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The argument: from development paths in the interwar years to revolutionary terrorism in the 1970s; 2. Revolutionary terrorism and its ideological roots; 3. The major cases of revolutionary terrorism; 4. Contemporary effects and background conditions; 5. The long-term determinants of revolutionary terrorism; 6. Historical mechanisms: radicalism and repression; 7. Individualism, modernization and violence.

About the author

Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Carlos III-Juan March Institute of Social Sciences at Carlos II University of Madrid. He has published extensively, both in English and Spanish, on political violence, terrorism, European integration, theory of democracy and political behavior.

Product details

• Authors: Ignacio Sanchez-Cuenca, Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781108482769
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48276-9
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparati; Cambridge Studies in Comparati; Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Terrorism, armed struggle, Comparative Politics, EU (European Union), International institutions, EU & European institutions