The Globalization of Terrorism

Ihekwoaba D. Onwudiwe (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

190 Seiten

2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-73461-6 (ISBN)

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This title was first published in 2001. This investigation of the future of global terrorism employs the World Systems perspective in the explanation of terrorist activity and explores the etiological determinants of international terrorism. The unique theoretical perspective presented in the book has important practical implications for the development of effective counter-terrorism policies.

This title was first published in 2001. Terrorism is today a global problem and, as was recently demonstrated in Kenya and Tanzania, no country is immune. Terrorism occurs everywhere (villages and cities), it targets innocent people and terrorists who are ideologically opposed to one country can vent their anger against citizens of another. Addressing this crucial issue, this book examines the future of global terrorism by employing the World System’s perspectives in the explanation of terrorism and investigating the etiological determinants of international terrorism. It aims to articulate a theoretical explanation of terrorism which will assist the development of practical policies that are effective in counter-terrorism operations. The main features of the book include World System’s Theory (WST), the relevance of WST, factors affecting the definition of terrorism, structural terrorism in the WST, application of Fanon, the political dimension of terrorism ideologies, the disadvantages of ideological labels, measuring WST position and the distribution of terrorism, terrorist incidents by WST position of occurrence and WST position of target, labelling terrorism in context, powerism and anti-powerism, racial terrorism and global apartheid and the criminalization of terrorism.

Ihekwoaba D. Onwudiwe

Contents: World systems theory; Terrorism: definitional problems; Terrorism in the world system; Data methods; Analysis of the RAND chronology of international terrorism: 1987; Labelling terrorism in context; Inter-continental terrorism; Summary, racial and global terrorism; Appendix; Bibliography.

Erscheinungsdatum	31.12.2017
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Revivals
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 219 mm
Gewicht	510 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-138-73461-6 / 1138734616
ISBN-13	978-1-138-73461-6 / 9781138734616
Zustand	Neuware