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Failed States and the Origins of Violence A Comparative Analysis of State Failure as a Root Cause of Terrorism and Political Violence
By Tiffiany Howard
Copyright 2014
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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What makes a terrorist? Is an individual inherently predisposed to be attracted to political violence or does exposure to a certain environment desensitize them in such a way that violence represents a viable mode for addressing political grievances? Identifying state failure as the impetus for political violence this book addresses these questions and focuses on why existing extremist groups... Read more
Chapter 1 Breeding Grounds: Failed States and the Origins of Terrorism and Political Violence; Chapter 2 And They All Fall Down: The Pandemic of Political Violence and State Failure in sub-Saharan Africa; Chapter 3 A Legacy of Tyranny, Tragedy and Terror: A Closer Look at Weak States, Authoritarian Rule, and Radical Religious Terrorism in the Middle East and North Africa; Chapter 4 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon No More: The Emerging Crisis of Collapsed States and Extremist Terrorism in Southeast and South Asia; Chapter 5 The Delayed Reign of the Latin King: Why Drug Lords, Rebels and Terrorism Will Forever Plague Latin America’s Frail States; Chapter 6 Beyond Failed States: Reflecting on State Failure and the Origins of Violence and the Future Threat of Transnational Terrorism;
Biography
Tiffiany Howard received her dual PhD in Political Science and Public Policy from the University of Michigan in 2006 and is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the Department of Political Science. Her fields of specialization include international relations, conflict and security, migration policy, and quantitative methodology.
’The relationship between state capacity, political violence and terrorism is complex and controversial. This book provides some insightful perspectives on this complexity in the course of surveying and taking the debate forward. It contains some excellent case studies, it is evidence-based, and it challenges a number of common assumptions. It is an important and interesting contribution to the field.’ Edward Newman, University of Leeds, UK
