Author : Shadi Hamid
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 34,16 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0190649208
Rethinking Political Islam offers a fine-grained and definitive overview of the changing world of political Islam in the post-Arab Uprising era.
Author : Paul Thomas
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 46,81 MB
Release : 2012-09-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1849666008
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. How should we understand home-grown terrorism like the 7/7 London bombings? This is a classic monograph focusing on recent British attempts to 'prevent violent extremism', their problems and limitations, and what lessons this can offer for more effective policy approaches in future. Paul Thomas's extensive research suggests that the Prevent policy approaches, and the wider CONTEST counter-terrorism strategy, have been misguided and ineffective, further alienating British Muslim communities instead of supporting longer-term integration. He argues that new, cohesion-based approaches encouraging greater trust and integration across all communities represent the best defence against terrorism.
Author : Monte Palmer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 15,62 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9780742555181
This accessible and deeply informed book examines the threat that Islamic extremists pose to America and provides a balanced and nuanced discussion of the link between Iraq and the war on terror. Explaining the basics of Islam and guiding the reader through the intricacies of each significant fundamentalist group, the Palmers answer key questions: Who are the Muslim extremists and how do they fit within the broader context of the Islamic religion? What is their war plan and how do they operate? Who are their allies and what are their weaknesses? What is the experience of Israel, the Islamic world, and the United States in fighting Muslim extremists? How can they be defeated? The book includes detailed analyses of Hizbullah and the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, the Iraqi clones of Hizbullah, and the Islamic government in Turkey.
Author : George Joffe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 40,65 MB
Release : 2012-06-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1136654577
This book focuses on the current issues and analytical approaches to the phenomenon of radicalisation in North Africa. Taking a comprehensive approach to the subject, it looks at the processes that lead to radicalisation, rather than the often violent outcomes.
Author : Stephen Vertigans
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 13,59 MB
Release : 2008-10-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1134126395
Militant Islam provides a sociological framework for understanding the rise and character of recent Islamic militancy. It takes a systematic approach to the phenomenon and includes analysis of cases from around the world, comparisons with militancy in other religions, and their causes and consequences. The sociological concepts and theories examined in the book include those associated with social closure, social movements, nationalism, risk, fear and ‘de-civilising’. These are applied within three main themes; characteristics of militant Islam, multi-layered causes and the consequences of militancy, in particular Western reactions within the ‘war on terror’. Interrelationships between religious and secular behaviour, ‘terrorism’ and ‘counter-terrorism’, popular support and opposition are explored. Through the examination of examples from across Muslim societies and communities, the analysis challenges the popular tendency to concentrate upon ‘al-Qa’ida’ and the Middle East. This book will be of interest to students of Sociology, Political Science and International Relations, in particular those taking courses on Islam, religion, terrorism, political violence and related regional studies.
Author : Boaz Ganor
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 33,97 MB
Release : 2015-05-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 023153891X
Many associate terrorism with irrational behavior and believe only lunatics could perpetuate such horrific acts. Global Alert debunks this myth by anatomizing the rationale behind modern terrorism. It draws a distinct picture of its root and instrumental causes and plots the different stages of a terrorist attack, from indoctrination and recruitment to planning, preparation, and launch. Global Alert also exposes the measured exploitation of democratic institutions by terrorists to further their goals. Despite its strong capabilities and extensive resources, the modern liberal-democratic state is nevertheless subject to the rules of war, which partially restrict the state's ability to operate and maneuver. Boaz Ganor shows how terrorist organizations exploit these values to paralyze or neutralize the states they oppose. In outlining this new "hybrid" terrorist organization and its activity in both the military–terrorist arena and the political–welfare arena, Ganor advances an international doctrine for governing military operations between state and nonstate actors as part of a new type of armed conflict termed "multidimensional warfare."
Author : Tariq Modood
Publisher : Polity
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 49,1 MB
Release : 2007-07-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0745632882
Modood provides a distinctive contribution to public debates about multiculturalism at a most opportune time. He engages with the work of other leading commentators like Bhikhu Parekh and Will Kymlicka and offers new perspectives on the issue ofracial integration and citizenship today.
Author : Nilay Saiya
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 20,13 MB
Release : 2018-08-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 1108474314
This book shows that attempts to repress religion produce the very violent religious extremism that states seek to avoid.
Author : Arie W. Kruglanski
Publisher :
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 18,69 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0190851120
Based on rare field research with terrorists, this ground breaking book delineates the drivers of radicalization and develops a deradicalization model to mitigate contemporary terrorism. Radicalization arises from individuals' needs, ideological narratives, and support networks. Individuals' need for significance and mattering, when conjoined to a narrative that advocates violence as a path to significance and a network that socially validates the narrative, creates a combustible psychological mixture that threatens social stability and global peace.
Author : Mutuma Ruteere
Publisher :
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 31,60 MB
Release : 2018
Category : National security
ISBN : 9789966186447
