Rethinking Political Islam
Publisher’s description For years, scholars hypothesized about what Islamists might do if they ever obtained power. Now, academics and Islamists alike finally have answers. And they are confusing. In the[…]
Category: World
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Talibanistan: Negotiating the Borders Between Terror, Politics, and Religion
Journal abstract As the United States continues to debate the size and longevity of its deployment of combat forces in Afghanistan, two books seek to provide nuanced analysis to a[…]
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The Taliban at War: 2001 – 2018
Publisher’s description How does the Taliban wage war? How has its war changed over time? Firstly, the movement’s extraordinary military operation relies on financial backing. This volume analyses such funding.[…]
Politics, Networks and Community: Recruitment for the International Brigades Reassessed
Journal abstract Despite decades of scholarship, historians have struggled to explain the decision made by the tens of thousands of volunteers who joined the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil[…]
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Transnational Organized Crime and Jihadist Terrorism
Publisher’s description This book describes and analyzes the convergence of transnational organized crime and jihadist terrorism that has taken place within Russian-speaking social networks in Western Europe. Studies have shown[…]
Is It Terrorism?: Public Perceptions, Media, and Labeling the Las Vegas Shooting
Journal abstract When a mass casualty event occurs, why do some people label it terrorism while others do not? People are more likely to consider an attack to be terrorism[…]
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Terrorist assassinations and societal unrest in Africa: a research brief
Journal abstract This exploratory research brief examines social unrest in Africa in the aftermath of terrorist assassinations. Assassination is a tactic of violence in modern terrorist campaigns and assassinations are[…]
The impact of the Prevent duty on schools: A review of the evidence
Journal abstract The UK has emerged as an influential global player in developing policy to counter violent extremism, and therefore it is important to consider the emerging evidence about the[…]
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Inmate Radicalisation and Recruitment in Prisons
Publisher’s description It is traditionally viewed that vulnerable inmates form captive audiences for violent terrorist offenders who, in turn, are destined to turn prisons into training grounds for militant activities;[…]
The Extreme Right in Interwar France: The Faisceau and the Croix de Feu
Publishers’ description Historians of the French extreme right frequently denote the existence of a strong xenophobic and nationalist tradition dating from the 1880s, a perpetual anti-republicanism which pervaded twentieth-century political[…]
