Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Terrorism [electronic resource] : a critical introduction / Richard Jackson... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (349 pages) : illustrations, tables, boxesISBN:
  • 9780230221178 (hardback)
  • 9780230221185 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 363.325 22
LOC classification:
  • HV6431 .T4593 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- PART I: THE STUDY OF POLITICAL TERRORISM -- The Orthodox Study of Terrorism -- Critical Approaches to Terrorism Studies -- The Cultural Construction of Terrorism -- Bringing Gender into the Study of Terrorism -- PART II: KEY ISSUES -- Conceptualizing Terrorism -- Reconsidering the Terrorism Threat -- Types of Terrorism -- Understanding State Terrorism -- The Causes of Non-State Terrorism -- Responding to Non-State Terrorism -- Assessing the War on Terror.
Summary: "Terrorism has a long history but the devastating attacks of 9/11 transformed what had been seen as a relatively minor security issue into one of major global significance. This incisive new text provides an accessible and balanced assessment of political terror and its study and in the process rethinks many assumptions"--
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
E-Book E-Book Ayesha Abed Library Ayesha Abed Library 363.325 TER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available
Total holds: 0

<strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> Athens ID and Password Required

<strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required

Access type: Perpetual access for 01 user

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- PART I: THE STUDY OF POLITICAL TERRORISM -- The Orthodox Study of Terrorism -- Critical Approaches to Terrorism Studies -- The Cultural Construction of Terrorism -- Bringing Gender into the Study of Terrorism -- PART II: KEY ISSUES -- Conceptualizing Terrorism -- Reconsidering the Terrorism Threat -- Types of Terrorism -- Understanding State Terrorism -- The Causes of Non-State Terrorism -- Responding to Non-State Terrorism -- Assessing the War on Terror.

"Terrorism has a long history but the devastating attacks of 9/11 transformed what had been seen as a relatively minor security issue into one of major global significance. This incisive new text provides an accessible and balanced assessment of political terror and its study and in the process rethinks many assumptions"--

ARC, PPDM

Mode of access: Internet

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.
Share