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List of Illustrations | |
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Preface and Acknowledgements | |
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List of Abbreviations | |
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Introduction | |
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The Study of Terrorism | |
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The Orthodox Study of Terrorism | |
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Introduction | |
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Terrorology and the terrorism industry | |
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The limitations of orthodox approaches to terrorism | |
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Knowledge, power and problem-solving theory | |
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The myths of political terrorism | |
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Conclusion | |
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Critical Approaches to Terrorism Studies | |
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Introduction | |
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Critical approaches to terrorism | |
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The critical turn and CTS | |
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A critical research agenda | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Cultural Construction of Terrorism | |
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Introduction | |
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The role of the media in terrorism | |
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Terrorism in popular culture | |
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9/11 and the construction of a social narrative | |
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Terrorism and national identity | |
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Conclusion | |
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Bringing Gender into the Study of Terrorism | |
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Introduction | |
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Key terms and concepts | |
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Masculinity, hypermasculinity and political violence | |
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Heteronormativity and the sexualization of terrorism | |
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Female combatants: pawns, victims or agents? | |
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Gender based violence: sexual terror and rape as a war crime | |
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Conclusion | |
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Key Issues | |
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Conceptualizing Terrorism | |
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Introduction | |
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The definitional quagmire | |
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Common mistakes in defining terrorism | |
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The politics of labelling | |
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Some characteristics of political terror | |
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The ontological limits of terrorism | |
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Conclusion | |
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Reconsidering the Terrorism Threat | |
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Introduction | |
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Assessing the terrorism threat | |
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Explaining the terror of terrorism | |
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Conclusion | |
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Types of Terrorism | |
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Introduction | |
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The categories of terrorism studies | |
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Evaluating categories of terrorism | |
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Is the new terrorism really new? | |
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How religious is religious terrorism? | |
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Conclusion | |
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Understanding State Terrorism | |
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Introduction | |
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Conceptualizing state terrorism | |
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An overview of state terrorism | |
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State terrorism: aims, methods and types | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Causes of Non-State Terrorism | |
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Introduction | |
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Thinking critically about causation | |
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Some prevalent myths | |
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Macro-level explanations | |
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From macro- to meso- and micro-level explanations | |
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Explaining and understanding suicide bombing | |
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Conclusion | |
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Responding to Non-State Terrorism | |
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Introduction | |
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Counter-terrorism approaches | |
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Key issues in contemporary counter-terrorism | |
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A critical assessment of counter-terrorism | |
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Conclusion | |
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Assessing the War on Terrorism | |
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Introduction | |
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An overview of a global anti-terror campaign | |
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Assessing the war on terrorism | |
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Explaining the war on terrorism | |
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Conclusion | |
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Glossary of Terms | |
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References | |
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Index | |