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Root Causes of Terrorism Myths, Reality and Ways Forward

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ISBN-10: 0415351502

ISBN-13: 9780415351508

Edition: 2005

Authors: Tore Bj�rgo, Tore Bj�rgo

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What are the main factors and circumstances that give rise to terrorism? This is a question commonly addressed in political discourse on terrorism and is considered an alternative to dealing with terrorism through military force. However, there have been surprisingly few attempts to analyze the causes of terrorism in a book format. "Root Causes of Terrorism "is one of the first to provide a detailed account of the motivations behind terrorism. The questions raised include: - What are the main factors and circumstances that give rise to various forms of terrorism? - What factors provide the preconditions for the emergence of various types of terrorism? - What are the typical precipitants…    
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Book details

List price: $64.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 12/5/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 270
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.29" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.946

Preface
Introduction
Exploring Roots of Terrorism
Impoverished Terrorists: Stereotype or Reality?
The Social and Psychological Characteristics of Terrorism and Terrorists
"When Hatred is Bred in the Bone": The Socio-Cultural Underpinnings of Terrorist Psychology
Social, Organizational and Psychological Factors in Suicide Terrorism
Palestinian Resistance and "Suicide Bombing": Causes and Consequences
Roots of Terrorism in the Middle East: International Pressures and International Constraints
Nationalist Separatism and Terrorism in Comparative Perspective
Root Causes of Terrorism? A Case Study of the Tamil Insurgency and the LTTE
Right-Wing Terrorism
Social-revolutionary Terrorism in Latin-America and Europe
The Use of Terrorism by Organized Crime: An Italian case study
Patterns of State Failure: The Case of Lebanon
State Sponsorship - a Root Cause of Terrorism?
Expected Utility and State Terrorism
A Conceptual Framework for Resolving Terrorism's Causes
Prevention of Terrorism: Towards a Multi-pronged Approach
Fire of Iolaus: The Role of State counter-measures in causing Terrorism and what needs to be done
Conclusions
Appendix: Notes on Contributors
List of figures
Figure 2.1: Classification of Terrorist Groups and Their Ideologies
Figure 2.2: Suicide Bombings by the Rebel Groups within Israel and the Palestine Territories
Figure 5.1: Typology of Terrorism
Figure 5.2: Generational Pathways to Terrorism
Figure 8.1: Intensification of Zero-sum Terrorism Cycle (IZSTC)
Figure 11.1: Overall context, options, targets, and objectives of right-wing extremism
Figure 11.2: Structural model for the analysis of right-wing extremist violence
Figure 18.1: Typology of Terrorism
Figure 18.2: Poverty and Terrorism compared
Figure 18.3: Human Rights and Terrorism compared
List of Tables
Table 2.1: Comparison of Profiles of 10 Terrorist Groups
Table 2.2: Incidents of Suicide Attacks
Table 2.3: Factor Analysis of Violent Activities by Selected Terrorist Groups
Table 6.1: Nationality and motivation of groups that have used suicide attacks
Table 8.1: The Multi-Dimensional Cause-Effect Methodology
Table 8.2: Socio-Economic Dimensions in Middle Eastern Societies
Table 10.1: Important Leaders killed by the LTTE since 1975
Table 18.1: Trends of Terrorism/Terrorists
Table 18.2: UN Ad Hoc Committee on Terrorism: Informal Texts of Art. 2 and 2 bis of the draft Comprehensive Convention
Table 18.3: Issues Covered by the Twelve Universal Legal Instruments Related to the Prevention and Suppression of International Terrorism
Table 18.4: Toolbox of Counter-Terrorism Measures
Table 18.5: Recru