Research on Terrorism: Trends, Achievements and Failures

Research on Terrorism: Trends, Achievements and Failures

Research on Terrorism: Trends, Achievements and Failures

Research on Terrorism: Trends, Achievements and Failures

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Overview

This book brings together leading international experts in the world of terrorism research and counterterrorism policy-making. It has three clear areas of focus:it looks at current issues and trends in terrorism researchit explores how contemporary research on terrorism is focused and conductedit examines how this research impacts in terms of count

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781135763367
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 08/01/2003
Series: Political Violence
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 256
File size: 851 KB

About the Author

Dr Andrew Silke has a background in forensic psychology and has worked both in academia and for the government. He has published extensively on terrorists and terrorism in journals, books and the popular press. His most recent book was Terrorists, Victims and Society: Psychological Perspectives on Terrorism and its Consequences, published by Wiley (2003). He is an Honorary Senior Research Associate of the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at the University of St Andrews and is a Fellow of the University of Leicester. His work has taken him to Northern Ireland, the Middle East and Latin America. He is a member of the International Association for Counterterrorism and Security Professionals and serves on the United Nations Roster of Terrorism Experts.

Table of Contents

1. An Introduction to Terrorism Research 2. The Case for First-hand Research 3. The Devil You Know: Continuing problems with research on terrorism 4. WMD Terrorism Research: Past & future 5. Everything That Descends Must Converge: Terrorism, globalism and democracy 6. Terrorism and Knowledge Growth: A databases and internet analysis 7. What Do We Know About the Substitution Effect in Transnational Terrorism? 8. Conflict Theory and the Trajectory of Terrorist Campaigns in Western Europe 9. Breaking the Cycle: Empirical research and postgraduate studies on terrorism 10. The Road Less Travelled: Recent trends in terrorism research 11. The Future of Terrorism Research and the Search for Empathy
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