1st Edition

Violent Non-State Actors From Anarchists to Jihadists

By Ersel Aydinli Copyright 2016
196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

Given the importance of violent non-state actors (VNSA) and their evolving role in global politics, dynamic frameworks of analysis are needed both to trace historical trajectories in the evolution of violent non-state actorness and to identify emerging patterns by examining modern day cases. This book examines the defining characteristics and evolutionary dynamics of VNSAs, and introduces a... Read more

1. Tracing Violent Non-State Actorhood in Global Politics: A Framework for Analysis

2. The Anarchists

3. The Jihadists Pre-9/11

4. The Jihadists after 9/11

5.Conclusion

Biography

Ersel Aydinli is Professor of International Relations at Bilkent University, Turkey. His research areas include transnational relations and security, sociology of the IR discipline and home-grown theorizing.