190 Pages
by
Routledge
This title was first published in 2001. Terrorism is today a global problem and, as was recently demonstrated in Kenya and Tanzania, no country is immune. Terrorism occurs everywhere (villages and cities), it targets innocent people and terrorists who are ideologically opposed to one country can vent their anger against citizens of another. Addressing this crucial issue, this book examines the... Read more
Contents: World systems theory; Terrorism: definitional problems; Terrorism in the world system; Data methods; Analysis of the RAND chronology of international terrorism: 1987; Labelling terrorism in context; Inter-continental terrorism; Summary, racial and global terrorism; Appendix; Bibliography.
Biography
Ihekwoaba D. Onwudiwe
’...[raises] some important questions that, refreshingly, view terrorism from a non-white, middle-class perspective...’ West Africa Magazine ’...the book's strength is its reviews of ciminological and sociological theories with potential relevance to terrorism studies...The book is well structured and easy to read...’ Peace Research ’...Onwudiwe has performed an excellent task [in] pulling together the overriding social, economic, cultural and geopolitical forces operating in the world today...Onwudiwe’s work on terrorism is both scholarly and unique; putting it in the more august company of other excellent works...this book is an excellent look at terrorism from an entirely new and refreshing perspective. Onwudiwe proves his WST theory in a clear manner and I would highly commend this book to students in the field...’ International Criminal Justice Review
