Values and Violence Intangible Aspects of Terrorism

In this volume an unusual array of elite scholars addresses the role of values in understanding terrorism and forming policies for responses to it. Their essays, which appear here for the first time, have significance in the fears and concerns of the moment but the enduring values they espouse exten...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Karawan, Ibrahim A. (Editor), McCormack, Wayne (Editor), Reynolds, Stephen E. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2008, 2008
Edition:1st ed. 2008
Series:Studies in Global Justice
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Social Identity and Political Violence
  • Violence in Identity
  • Gandhi, Newton, and the Enlightenment
  • Ideas as Weapons: Militant Islamist Groups in Egypt
  • Female Terrorists: Martyrdom and Gender Equality
  • Ethnicity and Indoctrination for Violence: The Efficiency of Producing Terrorists
  • The Clash Within: Democracy and the Hindu Right
  • Scope of the Terrorist Threat
  • Assessing the State of Al Qaeda and Current and Future Terrorist Threats
  • The Debate over “New” vs. “Old” Terrorism
  • Globalization, Social Capital and Networked Violence: The Role of Values
  • Geospatial Analysis of Dynamic Terrorist Networks
  • Developing Moral Agency in the Midst of Violence: Children, Political Conflict, and Values
  • Violent and Non-violent Responses to State Failure: Papua New Guinea and Ecuador
  • Values and Policy Choices
  • Terrorism, Islam and America: In Search of a Disarming Narrative
  • The Importance of Values in the Fight Against Terrorism
  • “Terrorism”: Reflections on Legitimacy and Policy Considerations
  • Values Implicated in the Struggle with Terrorism: War, Crime, and Prevention