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1. Democracy and Terrorism

   Friend or Foe?

   By Leonard Weinberg

   Series: Political Violence

   This book examines the relationships between democratic government and political terrorism. Since the 9/11 attacks, the United States and many of its allies have declared a ‘war on terrorism’. This struggle has been inspired in part by the belief is that by promoting democracy they will also bring...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
2. State Terrorism and Human Rights

   International Responses since the End of the Cold War

   Edited by Gillian Duncan, Orla Lynch, Gilbert Ramsay, Alison M.S. Watson

   Series: Political Violence

   This book aims to improve understanding of the broad trends in the utilisation of political violence by examining the use of state terror in world politics. The ending of the Cold War and the overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe led many to assume that this presaged the demise of the one-party...

   Published February 14th 2013 by Routledge
3. An International History of Terrorism

   Western and Non-Western Experiences

   Edited by Jussi M. Hanhimäki, Bernhard Blumenau

   Series: Political Violence

   The aim of this book is to provide readers with the tools to understand the historical evolution of terrorism and counterterrorism over the past 150 years. In order to appreciate the contemporary challenges posed by terrorism it is necessary to look at its evolution, at the different phases it has...

   Published January 16th 2013 by Routledge
4. Terrorist Rehabilitation and Counter-Radicalisation

   New Approaches to Counter-terrorism

   Edited by Lawrence Rubin, Rohan Gunaratna, Jolene Jerard

   Series: Political Violence

   This book seeks to explore the new frontiers in counter-terrorism research, analyses and practice, focusing on the imperative to rehabilitate terrorists. The post-9/11 world is in a very early stage of global rehabilitation both of terrorists and criminals. Nonetheless, some correctional...

   Published December 6th 2012 by Routledge
5. Unconventional Weapons and International Terrorism

   Challenges and New Approaches

   Edited by Magnus Ranstorp, Magnus Normark

   Series: Political Violence

   In recent years, senior policy officials have highlighted increased signs of convergence between terrorism and unconventional (CBRN) weapons. Terrorism now involves technologies available to anyone, anywhere, anytime, deployed through innovative solutions. This indicates a new and more complex...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
6. Terrorism and the Olympics

   Major Event Security and Lessons for the Future

   Edited by Anthony Richards, Peter Fussey, Andrew Silke

   Series: Political Violence

   The book aims to outline the progress, problems and challenges of delivering a safe and secure Olympics in the context of the contemporary serious and enduring terrorist threat. The enormous media profile and symbolic significance of the Olympic Games, the history of terrorists aiming to use such...

   Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
7. Terrorist Groups and the New Tribalism

   Terrorism’s Fifth Wave

   By Jeffrey Kaplan

   Series: Political Violence

   The central focus of this book is a small but vitally important group of movements that constitute a distinct 'fifth wave' of modern terrorism, here called the "New Tribalism". Terrorist Groups and the New Tribalism examines a collection of terrorist or insurgent movements whose similarity...

   Published February 20th 2012 by Routledge
8. International Aviation and Terrorism

   Evolving Threats, Evolving Security

   By John Harrison

   Series: Political Violence

   This book examines terrorism's impact on the international aviation security regime, with a focus on the role of the United States. Tracing the historical development of the international civil aviation system, the volume examines how it has dealt with the evolving security environment caused by...

   Published February 12th 2012 by Routledge
9. Terrorism, Identity and Legitimacy

   The Four Waves theory and political violence

   Edited by Jean E. Rosenfeld

   Series: Political Violence

   This book argues that terrorism in the modern world has occurred in four "waves" of forty years each. It offers evidence-based explanations of terrorism, national identity, and political legitimacy by leading scholars from various disciplines with contrasting perspectives on political violence....

   Published November 27th 2011 by Routledge
10. Militancy and Political Violence in Shiism

    Trends and Patterns

    Edited by Assaf Moghadam

    Series: Political Violence

    This book is the first systematic assessment of current trends and patterns of militancy in Shii communities in the Middle East and South Asia - specifically in Iran, Iraq, but also in Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Bahrain More than thirty years after the Islamic...

    Published July 14th 2011 by Routledge