The Oxford Handbook of Terrorism systematically integrates the substantial body of scholarship on terrorism and counterterrorism before and after 9/11. In doing so, it introduces scholars and practitioners to state of the art approaches, methods, and issues in studying and teaching these vital phenomena. This Handbook goes further than most existing collections by giving structure and direction to the fast-growing but somewhat disjointed field of terrorism studies.
The volume locates terrorism within the wider spectrum of political violence instead of engaging in the widespread tendency towards treating terrorism as an exceptional act. Moreover, the volume makes a case for studying terrorism within its socio-historical context. Finally, the volume addresses the critique that the study of terrorism suffers from lack of theory by reviewing and extending the theoretical insights contributed by several fields - including political science, political economy, history, sociology, anthropology, criminology, law, geography, and psychology. In doing so, the volume showcases the analytical advancements and reflects on the challenges that remain since the emergence of the field in the early 1970s.
Author(s): Erica Chenoweth, Richard English, Andreas Gofas, Stathis N. Kalyvas
Series: Oxford Handbooks
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 823
City: Oxford
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Contents
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List of Contributors
1. The Study of Terrorism: Achievements and Challenges Ahead • Erica Chenoweth and Andreas Gofas
PART I: CONCEPTS AND TYPOLOGIES
2. The Landscape of Political Violence • Stathis N. Kalyvas
3. Defining Terrorism: A Conceptual Minefield • Ben Saul
4. The Evolution of Terrorism Event Databases • Gary LaFree
5. The Moral Dimensions of Terrorism • Virginia Held
PART II: THE HISTORY OF TERRORIST VIOLENCE
6. The Pre-History of Terrorism • Warren C. Brown
7. European Political Violence During the Long Nineteenth Century • Martin A. Miller
8. The Long Twentieth Century • John Bew, Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens, and Martyn Frampton
PART III: APPROACHES AND METHODS
9. Organizational and Institutional Approaches: Social Movement Studies Perspectives on Political Violence • Lorenzo Bosi, Donatella della Porta, and Stefan Malthaner
10. Formal Approaches to the Study of Terrorism • Jacob N. Shapiro
11. Sociological and Criminological Explanations of Terrorism • Daren G. Fisher and Laura Dugan
12. Cultural and Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Terrorism • Siniša Malešević
13. Historical Approaches to Terrorism • Brenda J. Lutz
14. Psychological Approaches to the Study of Terrorism • John G. Horgan
15. Critical Approaches to the Study of Terrorism • Charlotte Heath-Kelly
16. Geographical Approaches in the Study of Terrorism • Megan M. Farrell, Michael G. Findley, and Joseph K. Young
PART IV: CAUSES AND MOTIVATIONS
17. The Causes of Terrorism • Jeff Goodwin
18. Nationalism and Terrorism • Richard English
19. Religion and Terrorism • Jeffrey Haynes
20. Ideology and Terrorism • Alia Brahimi
21. Single-Issue Terrorism • Gary Ackerman and Anastasia Kouloganes
PART V: TERRORISM, POLITICAL VIOLENCE, AND COLLECTIVE ACTION
22. State Terrorism • Tim Wilson
23. Terrorism, Civil War, and Insurgency • Jessica A. Stanton
24. The Crime–Terror Nexus and its Fallacies • Vanda Felbab-Brown
PART VI: ACTORS, STRATEGIES, AND MODUS OPERANDI
25. Terrorist Organizational Dynamics • Brian J. Phillips
26. Terrorist Technological Innovation • Evan Perkoski
27. Women and Terrorism • Caron E. Gentry
28. Suicide Terrorism • Rashmi Singh
29. The Strategic Model of Terrorism Revisited • Max Abrahms
PART VII: ISSUES AND PEDAGOGICAL CHALLENGES
30. The Rise and Fall of Terrorism • Susan Fahey and Erin Miller
31. Financing Terrorism • Harold A. Trinkunas
32. Terrorism and State Sponsorship in World Politics • David B. Carter and Saurabh Pant
33. Teaching about Terrorism: Methodology and Ethics • Gregory D. Miller
34. New Techniques in Teaching Terrorism • David A. Siegel
PART VIII: THE GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT OF TERRORISM
35. Terrorism in Western Europe: A Homegrown Trademark • Luis De la Calle and Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca
36. Terrorism in Latin America • Jennifer S. Holmes
37. Terrorism in the Middle East • Boaz Ganor and Eitan Azani
38. Terrorism in Asia: A Rapidly Spreading Scourge Tests the Region • Brahma Chellaney
39. The Causes and Consequences of Terrorism in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Recapitulation • Juliet U. Elu and Gregory N. Price
PART IX: ACADEMIC AND POLICY PERSPECTIVES ON COUNTERING TERRORISM
40. Counterterrorism Strategies • Daniel Byman
41. Terrorism and Counterterrorism: A Policy Perspective • Juliette Bird
42. Counterterrorism and International Law • Andrea Bianchi
43. Torture and the War on Terrorism • Courtenay R. Conrad
44. Academic Research and the Intelligence Community: Some Reflections • Jonathan Evans
PART X: AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE EVOLUTION OF A FIELD
45. Constructing the Field of Terrorism • Martha Crens
46. Institutionalizing the Field of Terrorism Studies • Alex P. Schmid
47. Revising the Field of Terrorism • Richard Jackson
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