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Author Jongman, A. J

Title Political Terrorism : a New Guide to Actors, Authors, Concepts, Data Bases, Theories, and Literature
Published Somerset : Taylor and Francis, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (721 pages)
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables and Diagrams; Acknowledgments; Preface to the Second Edition; Foreword by I.L. Horowitz; 1. TERRORISM AND RELATED CONCEPTS; DEFINITION; On Defining Terrorism; Terrorism: Symbolic Violence or Not?; Terrorism: A Narrow or Broad Definition?; Terrorism(s): One or Many?; Terrorism: A Method of Combat?; Terrorism Without Terror?; Terrorism: The Communication Function; Terrorism: The Normative Question; Terrorism: Another Definitional Attempt; Appendix A: Unsolved Conceptual Problems of Terrorism
Appendix B: A Selection of Recent Governmental and Academic DefinitionsTYPOLOGIES; Introduction; Why Typologies?; Typologies of Terrorism; Actor-Based Typologies; Political-Orientation-Based Typologies; Multidimensional Typologies; Purpose-Based Typologies; The Place of Terrorism in Political Conflict; 2. THEORIES; Introduction; Terrorism and Political Violence Theory; Common Wisdom and Common Myths on Terrorism; Theories of Regime Terrorism; Terrorist Theories of Terrorism; Psychological Theories; Materials for an Identification Theory of Insurgent Terrorism; Terrorism as Surrogate Warfare
Conspiracy Theories of TerrorismCommunication Theory of Terrorism; Sociological Theories and Models; International Environment Theories; Theories of Domestic Causation; Conclusion; Postscript; 3. DATA AND DATA BASES ON STATE AND NON-STATE TERRORISM; Introduction; Data and Data Bases on Nongovernmental Terrorism; Aggregate Data; Non-Computer-Based Data Bases; Journals and Institutes in the Field of Terrorism; Chronologies; Northern Ireland; Federal Republic of Germany; United States; Skyjacking; General; Middle East; Latin America; Spain; Data on State Terrorism and Regime Repression
Data Requirements4. THE LITERATURE OF TERRORISM; The State of the Art; Essential Works on Terrorism; Conceptual and Theoretical Works; Case Studies; Managing and Controlling Terrorism; Strategy of Terrorism; State and State-Supported Terrorism; International Terrorism; Etiology of Terrorism; Bibliographies; Computer Data Bases for Bibliographic Searches on Terrorism; Advantages of On-Line Searches; Major On-Line Data Bases for Political Terrorism; Library of Congress Systems; Other On-Line Data Bases; NOTES; A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF POLITICAL TERRORISM ; Introduction
WORLD DIRECTORY OF TERRORIST AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH GUERRILLA WARFARE, POLITICAL VIOLENCE, AND PROTESTIntroduction; Literature Referred To; INDEX
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Subject Terrorism -- Databases
Terrorism
Genre/Form Databases
Form Electronic book
Author Schmid, Alex P
Horowitz, Irving Louis
ISBN 9781351498616
1351498614