Globalisation and the Future of Terrorism: Patterns and Predictions (Contemporary Security Studies) - Hardcover

Lia, Brynjar

9780714652610: Globalisation and the Future of Terrorism: Patterns and Predictions (Contemporary Security Studies)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 071465261X ISBN 13: 9780714652610

Publisher: Routledge, 2005

This new study is devoted to understanding how international terrorism is shaped, how it evolves and what we can expect in the future.

Drawing upon research and methods outside the traditional focus, and by taking both a theoretical approach and a new practical predictive perspective, it delivers a fresh and fascinating contribution to terrorism studies.

While predicting terrorism is a highly speculative business, there are ways of identifying certain long-term causes, driving forces and their links with society. Terrorists are usually integral players in local and sometimes global politics. Hence, when the local, regional and international contexts change, so does terrorism.

Thoroughly reviewing the body of literature on the causes of terrorism, this study also combines predictive and futuristic analyses on globalisation, supported by a range of key case studies. It spans from the transformation of international relations, the globalisation of the market economy, demographic factors, ideological shifts and technological changes. The result is a set of key conclusions about the future patterns of terrorism, which are not simply best guesses, but also backed up by solid research.

This book will be of great interest to all students and scholars of terrorism, globalisation, politics and international relations.

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Synopsis:

Globalisation and the Future of Terrorism: Patterns and Predictions is devoted to understanding how international terrorism is shaped, how it evolves over time and what we are to expect in the future. The book offers a fresh contribution to the terrorism literature by drawing upon research and methods outside the traditional terrorism research genre, and by taking both a theoretical approach and a practical predictive perspective that is surprisingly unusual in the field. While predicting terrorism is a highly speculative business, there are ways of identifying certain long-term causes, driving forces and their linkages with societal conditions. Terrorists are never aliens from a distant planet, but usually integral players in local and sometimes global politics. Hence, when the local, regional and international contexts change, so does terrorism. This book offers a thorough review of the literature on the causes of terrorism and combines this research with predictive and futuristic literature on globalisation, supported by a range of case studies.

The analysis spans the transformation of international relations, the globalisation of the market economy, demographic factors, ideological shifts and technological changes. The result is a set of propositions about future patterns of terrorism, which are not simply best guesses, but are backed up by research.

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Norwegian Defence Research Establishment

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