1st Edition

Terrorism, Identity and Legitimacy The Four Waves theory and political violence

Edited By Jean E. Rosenfeld Copyright 2011
280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

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. Whether violence is local or global, it tends to be both patterned and innovative. It elicits... Read more

Introduction: The Meaning of Political Violence Jean E. Rosenfeld  Part 1: The Four Waves Theory and Global Terrorism  1. Looking for Waves of Terrorism Karen Rasler and William R. Thompson  2. Waves of International Terrorism: An Explanation of the Process by which Ideas Flood the World Dipak K. Gupta  3. Technological and Lone Operator Terrorism: Prospects for a Fifth Wave of Global Terrorism Jeffrey D. Simon  4. David Rapoport and the Study of Religiously-Motivated Terrorism Jeffrey Kaplan  Part 2: Terrorism: A Closer View  5. Ripples in the Waves: Fantasies and Fashions Marc Sageman  6. The Fourth Terrorism Wave: Is There a Religious Exception? Michael Barkun  7. The Fourth Wave: Comparison of Jewish and Other Manifestations of Religious Terrorism Ami Pedahzur and Arie Perliger  8. Action, Reaction, and Overreaction: Assessing the Impact of Terrorism upon States John Mueller  9. Backlash: Reactions against Terrorism Studies Leonard Weinberg and William Eubank  Part 3: Identity, Legitimacy, and Political Violence  10. Before the Bombs There Were the Mobs: American Experiences with Terror David C. Rapoport  11. The Politics of Collective Identity: Contested Israeli Nationalisms Myron J. Aronoff  12. South Africa’s Paradox of Violence and Legitimacy Barry M. Schutz  13. Legitimacy, Culture of Political Violence and Violence of Culture in Ethiopia Negussay Ayele  14. Contextual Issues in the Study of Domestic Violence: A Malawi Case Study Ralph A. Young  15. The Myth of Institutional Violence Ivan Strenski

Biography

Jean E. Rosenfeld is an Academic Researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles, Center for the Study of Religion.