This team of international experts analyses the possibilities and limitations of preventing or reducing terrorism by addressing the factors that give rise to it and sustain it. The key questions raised include: - what are the main circumstances that provide preconditions for the emergence of various types of terrorism? - what are the typical precipitants that trigger terrorist campaigns? - to what extent is it possible to reduce the problem of terrorism by influencing these causes and circumstances? - should we address those factors that sustain terrorist campaigns rather than root causes? This book is edited by Tore BjA rgo - Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Professor and Research Director at the Norwegian Police University College.
1 Introduction by Tore Bjorgo 1
2 Exploring roots of terrorism by Dipak K. Gupta 16
3 Impoverished terrorists : stereotype or reality? by Jitka Maleckova 33
4 The social and psychological characteristics of terrorism and terrorists by John Horgan 44
5 The socio-cultural underpinnings of terrorist psychology : 'when hatred is bred in the bone' by Jerrold M. Post 54
6 Social, organizational and psychological factors in suicide terrorism by Ariel Merari 70
7 Palestinian resistance and 'suicide bombing' : causes and consequences by Hisham H. Ahmed 87
8 Roots of terrorism in the Middle East : internal pressures and international constraints by Abdullah Yousef Sahar Mohammad 103
9 Nationalist separatism and terrorism in comparative perspective by Fernando Reinares 119
10 Root causes of terrorism? : a case study of the Tamil insurgency and the LTTE by D. R. Kaarthikeyan 131
11 Right-wing terrorism by Wilhelm Heitmeyer 141
12 Social-revolutionary terrorism in Latin America and Europe by Peter Waldmann 154
13 The use of terrorism by organized crime : an Italian case study by Alison Jamieson 164
14 Patterns of state failure : the case of Lebanon by Farid El Khazen 178
15 State sponsorship : a root cause of terrorism? by Louise Richardson 189
16 Expected utility and state terrorism by Michael Stohl 198
17 A conceptual framework for resolving terrorism's causes by Joshua Sinai 215
18 Prevention of terrorism : towards a multi-pronged approach by Alex P. Schmid 223
19 Fire of Iolaus : the role of state countermeasures in causing terrorism and what needs to be done by Andrew Silke 241
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1 Introduction by Tore Bjorgo 1
2 Exploring roots of terrorism by Dipak K. Gupta 16
3 Impoverished terrorists : stereotype or reality? by Jitka Maleckova 33
4 The social and psychological characteristics of terrorism and terrorists by John Horgan 44
5 The socio-cultural underpinnings of terrorist psychology : 'when hatred is bred in the bone' by Jerrold M. Post 54
6 Social, organizational and psychological factors in suicide terrorism by Ariel Merari 70
7 Palestinian resistance and 'suicide bombing' : causes and consequences by Hisham H. Ahmed 87
8 Roots of terrorism in the Middle East : internal pressures and international constraints by Abdullah Yousef Sahar Mohammad 103
9 Nationalist separatism and terrorism in comparative perspective by Fernando Reinares 119
10 Root causes of terrorism? : a case study of the Tamil insurgency and the LTTE by D. R. Kaarthikeyan 131
11 Right-wing terrorism by Wilhelm Heitmeyer 141
12 Social-revolutionary terrorism in Latin America and Europe by Peter Waldmann 154
13 The use of terrorism by organized crime : an Italian case study by Alison Jamieson 164
14 Patterns of state failure : the case of Lebanon by Farid El Khazen 178
15 State sponsorship : a root cause of terrorism? by Louise Richardson 189
16 Expected utility and state terrorism by Michael Stohl 198
17 A conceptual framework for resolving terrorism's causes by Joshua Sinai 215
18 Prevention of terrorism : towards a multi-pronged approach by Alex P. Schmid 223
19 Fire of Iolaus : the role of state countermeasures in causing terrorism and what needs to be done by Andrew Silke 241
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