Understanding terrorism a socio-economic perspective

The recent proliferation of studies on terrorism has brought scholars from different fields and approaches to converge on this phenomenon. As a result, economists, social and political scientists have developed theories, evidence and, in a sense, even a peculiar jargon of their own. Starting from th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Caruso, R.
Other Authors: Locatelli, Andrea
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bingley, U.K. Emerald 2014
Series:Contributions to conflict management, peace economics and development
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Collection: Emerald Business, Management and Economics eBook Collection Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • What is terrorism? Concepts, definitions and classifications / Andrea Locatelli
  • Economic determinants of terrorism / Daniel Meierrieks
  • Modeling terror attacks : a cross-national, out-of-sample study / Ryan Bakker, Daniel W. Hill, Will H. Moore
  • Measuring security / Tilman Brück, Olaf J. de Groot, Neil T.N. Ferguson
  • Measuring terrorism with the global terrorism index / Daniel Hyslop, Thomas Morgan
  • Terrorism and economic sentiment in European countries / Christos Kollias, Stephanos Papadamou
  • Terrorism as "a political world" : identity, strategy, values / Damiano Palano / Peter Phillips
  • A comparative analysis of homegrown terrorism / Kaisa Hinkkainen
  • Close to the edge : cyberterrorism today / Giampiero Giacomello
  • Some insights on the link between terrorism, organised crime and new wars / Carla Monteleone, Raul Caruso, Andrea Locatelli