The Making of Terrorism - Softcover

Wieviorka, Michel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226896536 ISBN 13: 9780226896533

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2003

Synopsis

Revised and reissued in light of recent events, this classic and now increasingly important book is an exception in the literature on terrorism. Based on complex observations of actual movement participants, Wieviorka's book addresses a broad spectrum of terrorist activity—from Italian left-wing terrorists to Basque nationalist groups to the international terrorism of Palestine and the Middle East. The result is an incisive analysis of what terrorists believe and what they hope to achieve through their actions. For this new edition, Wieviorka adds new material that remaps the state of terrorism after the events of 2001.

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Review:

"A brilliant book and indeed an important contribution to a field still characterized by limited theoretical efforts and a shortage of good empirical research." - Fernando Reinares, Political Psychology "An impressive and provocative study.... Wieviorka's engagement of actual members of 'terrorist' organizations in sociological interventions is a much welcomed methodological innovation." - Cynthia L. Irvin, American Political Science Review

Synopsis:

This classic and now increasingly important book is an exception in the literature on terrorism. Based on complex observations of actual movement participants, Wieviorka's book addresses a broad spectrum of terrorist activity - from Italian left-wing terrorists to Basque nationalist groups to the international terrorism of the Middle East. The result is an incisive analysis of what terrorists believe and what they hope to achieve through their actions. For this new edition, Wieviorka adds new material that remaps the state of terrorism after the events of 2001.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0226896536
• ISBN 13: 9780226896533
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 406