What Makes a Terrorist (eBook)

Economics and the Roots of Terrorism - 10th Anniversary Edition

Alan B. Krueger (Autor)

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2018 | 10th Anniversary Edition
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-8897-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Why we need to think more like economists to successfully combat terrorismIf we are to correctly assess the root causes of terrorism and successfully address the threat, we must think more like economists do. Alan Krueger's What Makes a Terrorist, explains why our tactics in the fight against terrorism must be based on more than anecdote, intuition, and speculation.Many popular ideas about terrorists are fueled by falsehoods, misinformation, and fearmongering. Many believe that poverty and lack of education breed terrorism, despite a wealth of evidence showing that most terrorists come from middle-class and often college-educated backgrounds. Krueger closely examines the factors that motivate individuals to participate in terrorism, drawing inferences from terrorists' own backgrounds and the economic, social, religious, and political environments in the societies from which they come. He describes which countries are the most likely breeding grounds for terrorists, and which ones are most likely to be their targets. Krueger addresses the economic and psychological consequences of terrorism and puts the threat squarely into perspective, revealing how our nation's sizable economy is diverse and resilient enough to withstand the comparatively limited effects of most terrorist strikes. He also calls on the media to be more responsible in reporting on terrorism.Bringing needed clarity to one of the greatest challenges of our generation, this 10th anniversary edition of What Makes a Terrorist features a new introduction by the author that discusses the lessons learned in the past decade from the rise of ISIS and events like the 2016 Pulse nightclub attack in Orlando, Florida.

Autor

Alan B. Krueger is the Bendheim Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, former chairman of President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, and an adviser to the National Counterterrorism Center. He is the coauthor of Myth and Measurement: The New Economics of the Minimum Wage (Princeton) and Inequality in America. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.1.2018
• Einführung: Alan B. Krueger
• Zusatzinfo: 11 halftones. 10 line illus. 21 tables.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
• Schlagworte: Alberto Abadie • Al-Qaeda • americans • american terrorist • Anecdote • assassination • autocracy • barack obama • Bastille Day • Calculation • Career • Case study • Central Intelligence Agency • Chemical Terrorism • Counter-Terrorism • Country of Origin • cruise missile • Daniel Kahneman • David Duke • Definitions of terrorism • Determinant • developed country • Diego Gambetta • domestic terrorism • Dylann Roof • Economic Growth • Economic Policy • economic problem • Economics • economy • Edward Lazear • Employment • estimation • Extremism • Foreign Direct Investment • Gross Domestic Product • hate crime • Hate group • Homeland Security • income • Infant Mortality • inference • Insurgency • International Relations • Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant • Islamic terrorism • Islamophobia • Law enforcement • Lecture • Lionel Robbins • Literature • Multicollinearity • Muslim world • National Bureau of Economic Research • National Counterterrorism Center • Nationality • News • newspaper • Non-combatant • Nonviolence • of education • opportunity cost • Osama bin Laden • pakistanis • Patterns of Global Terrorism • Paul Krugman • Percentage point • Political Science • Probability • Prospect Theory • Protest • Psychology • Recession • Robert Barro • Saudi Arabia • September 11 attacks • Socioeconomic Status • standard error • State Terrorism • Statistic • Statistics • suicide attack • Suicide mission • terrorism • The Daily Stormer • The New York Times • The Other Hand • Timothy McVeigh • Total War • Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab • Uncertainty • Unemployment • United States • United States Department of State • Violent crime • Voting • weapon of mass destruction • world leaders • World War II • year
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-8897-2 / 1400888972
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-8897-9 / 9781400888979