Values and Violence Intangible Aspects of Terrorism /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Karawan, Ibrahim A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), McCormack, Wayne (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Reynolds, Stephen E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Σειρά: Studies in Global Justice, 4
• Θέματα: Political science.; Philosophy.; Political philosophy.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Criminology.; Human geography.; Political Science and International Relations.; Political Science.; Political Philosophy.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; Human Geography.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Philosophy, general.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.