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Banning Them, Securing Us?: Terrorism, Parliament and the Ritual of Proscription by Lee Jarvis 9781526144928
RRP: $165.75$117.33Banning them, securing us? explores the proscribing - or banning - of terrorist organisations within the United Kingdom across a period of twenty years. The process of banning specific organisations, Jarvis and Legrand argue, is as much a ritualistic... -
Terrorism and the Politics of Fear by David L. Altheide 9781442274518
RRP: $87.75$77.01This thoughtful text demonstrates how the mass media constructs a politics of fear in the United States. Using a social interactionist perspective, the chapters examines such issues as the expansion of surveillance on the Internet, the construction of a... -
Religion & Identity Politics: Global Trends and Local Realities by Mathews Mathew 9789811235498
RRP: $175.50$152.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789811235498Author Mathews MathewFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint World Scientific Publishing Co Pte LtdPublisher World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd -
Salafi-Jihadism and Digital Media: The Nordic and International Context by Magnus Ranstorp 9781032198866
RRP: $77.98$68.37This book explores the online strategies and presence of Salafi-Jihadi actors in the Nordic as well as the international context. Global Salafi-jihadism has been at the epicentre of international focus during the past decade. This book explores how the... -
Boko Haram: Security Considerations and the Rise of an Insurgency Ona Ekhomu 9781138561366
RRP: $224.25$193.75Boko Haram analyzes the activities and atrocities of Nigeria's Jihadi terrorist group, Boko Haram, in the context of global religious fundamentalism and extremism. The book traces the early beginnings of the religious sect, the conversion of its leader... -
The Shahids: Islam and Suicide Attacks Shaul Shay 9781138516908
RRP: $56.53$48.93Suicide terror has become a fundamental strategic weapon in the confrontation between Fundamentalist Islam and its adversaries and now constitutes a threat to world welfare and security. The Shahids proposes that the nature of this terror changed after... -
Terrorism, Talking and Transformation: A Critical Approach Harmonie Toros (University of Kent, UK) 9781138495104
RRP: $97.48$84.83Using rare field research, this book investigates whether and how talking may transform terrorist violence. Given the failings of today's dominant counterterrorism strategy, is talking a viable policy option to transform conflicts marked by terrorist... -
Standard of Care and Hazmat Planning by Robert A. Burke 9781138316768
RRP: $253.50$219.39Written by a hazardous materials consultant with over 40 years of experience in emergency services, the five-volume Hazmatology: The Science of Hazardous Materials, suggests a new approach dealing with the most common aspects of hazardous materials,... -
Hazmat Team Spotlight by Robert A. Burke 9781138316812
RRP: $253.50$218.61Written by a hazardous materials consultant with over 40 years of experience in emergency services, the five-volume Hazmatology: The Science of Hazardous Materials, suggests a new approach dealing with the most common aspects of hazardous materials,... -
Applied Chemistry and Physics by Robert A. Burke 9781138316522
RRP: $253.50$218.61Written by a hazardous materials consultant with over 40 years of experience in emergency services, the five-volume Hazmatology: The Science of Hazardous Materials, suggests a new approach dealing with the most common aspects of hazardous materials,... -
Chronicles of Incident and Response by Robert A. Burke 9781138316096
RRP: $253.50$218.61Written by a hazardous materials consultant with over 40 years of experience in emergency services, the five-volume Hazmatology: The Science of Hazardous Materials, suggests a new approach dealing with the most common aspects of hazardous materials,... -
Terrorism and the Pandemic: Weaponizing of COVID-19 Rohan Gunaratna 9781800738010
RRP: $193.05$155.67The global pandemic has offered extraordinary opportunities for extremists and terrorists to mobilize themselves and revive as more powerful actors in the security landscape. But could these threat groups actually capitalize on the coronavirus crisis... -
Terrorist Financing by William Vlcek 9781788215275
RRP: $146.25$136.40Although the financing of terrorist groups has been a significant concern since the 1960s and 1970s, it was the emergence of transnational terrorism at the turn of the twenty-first century that was the impetus for an international campaign against their... -
Afghanistan and Beyond: Confronting the War on Terror by Linda Sartor 9781951082314
RRP: $23.38$15.60Linda Sartor takes us behind the headlines. She hopes that her stories will inspire readers to confront fear, to follow their hearts, and to believe that ordinary people can ultimately undermine and reform the harsh imperial and economic systems that... -
Counterterrorism Strategies in Egypt: Permanent Exceptions in the War on Terror by Ahmed M. Abozaid 9780367714673
RRP: $77.98$68.37This book reveals how counterterrorism discourses and practices became the main tool of a systematic violation of human rights in Egypt after the Arab Uprising.It examines how the civic and democratic uprising in Egypt turned into robust authoritarianism... -
Researching Terrorism, Peace and Conflict Studies: Interaction, Synthesis and Opposition Ioannis Tellidis 9780367599768
RRP: $77.98$68.37This book examines potential synergies between the fields of Terrorism Studies and Peace and Conflict Studies. The volume presents theoretically- and empirically-informed contributions, which shed light on whether the two fields can inform each other on... -
Women and Militant Wars: The politics of injury Swati Parashar (Monash University, Australia) 9780367600914
RRP: $77.98$68.37This book explores women's militant activities in insurgent wars and seeks to understand what women 'do' in wars.In International Relations, inter-state conflict, anti-state armed insurgency and armed militancy are essentially seen as wars where... -
Threat Communication and the US Order after 9/11: Medial Reflections by Vanessa Ossa 9780367246556
RRP: $263.25$228.70This volume investigates the perception of threat, with particular regard to the roles, functions, and agencies of various types of media. With a focus on the profound impact of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 on the US-American political,... -
Selling De-Radicalisation: Managing the Media Framing of Countering Violent Extremism by Gordon Clubb 9781032041711
RRP: $77.98$68.37This book examines how de-radicalisation programmes have been portrayed in the media and details the role of public relations (PR) strategies employed by such programmes and Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) to create positive coverage of their work.CVE... -
Female Terrorism in America: Past and Current Perspectives by Jonathan Matusitz 9780367506629
RRP: $263.25$228.70This book provides a comprehensive analysis of female terrorism in America, both past and present. The volume takes a fresh look at women’s actions of left-wing political violence, right-wing political violence, and religious extremist violence (among... -
Methodologies in Critical Terrorism Studies: Gaps and Interdisciplinary Perspectives by Alice E. Finden 9781032469560
RRP: $263.25$229.48This interdisciplinary book presents an intervention into methodological practices in the subfield of Critical Terrorism Studies, and features established and early career scholars.The volume interrogates the role that research methods play in shaping... -
Understanding Terrorism and Political Violence: The Life Cycle of Birth, Growth, Transformation, and Demise by Dipak K. Gupta 9780367277109
RRP: $263.25$228.70This book provides a multidisciplinary approach to understanding human behavior and uses it to analyze the forces shaping the life cycle of violent political movements. This new edition has been revised and updated, with three new chapters added.The... -
Secessionism and Terrorism: Bombs, Blood and Independence in Europe and Eurasia by Glen Duerr 9780367665999
RRP: $81.88$67.00This book examines secessionist terrorism in a comparative context across Europe and Eurasia. The volume seeks to uncover comparative linkages between terrorism and secessionism; specifically examining terrorist organizations that also have a political... -
Assessing the War on Terror: Western and Middle Eastern Perspectives by Charles Webel 9780367667900
RRP: $77.98$68.37This volume is a collection of articles that critically examine the efficacy, ethics, and impact of the War on Terror as it has evolved since 9/11. During the decade and a half of the Global War on Terror (GWOT), numerous books have considered the... -
Writing Southeast Asian Security: Regional Security and the War on Terror after 9/11 by Jennifer Mustapha 9781032569796
RRP: $77.98$68.37This book is a critical analysis of how the discursive and material practices of the "War on Terror" influenced security politics in Southeast Asia after 9/11.It explores how the US-led War on Terror, operating both as a set of material practices and as... -
Biosecurity in the Making: The Threats, the Aspects and the Challenge of Readiness by Manousos E. Kambouris 9781032277325
RRP: $214.50$185.46The explosive growth of bioeconomy and bioscience, coupled with an interconnected planet increases the potential impact of large-scale bio-events. Either causing public health threats as in epidemics or posing food security issues, from mass poisonings... -
Terrorism and Counterterrorism by Brigitte L. Nacos 9781032264745
RRP: $95.53$91.46Focusing on the continued terrorist threat by jihadist groups, such as Al Qaeda and ISIS, and homegrown violent far-right and far-left extremists in the West, Terrorism and Counterterrorism investigates this form of political violence in a historical and... -
The Lover Boy of Bahawalpur: How the Pulwama Case Was Cracked by Rahul Pandita 9789353451936
$34.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789353451936Author Rahul PanditaFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Juggernaut PublicationPublisher Juggernaut Publication -
Radicalization and Disengagement in Neo-Nazi Movements: Social Psychology Perspective Christer Mattsson 9780367714574
RRP: $77.98$68.37This book offers an in-depth study of personal accounts of men and women who have at one time entered, participated in and ultimately exited the neo-Nazi movement, with a focus on advanced Western states. Through detailed stories of the movement's... -
The Evolution of Counter-Terrorism Since 9/11: Understanding the Paradigm Shift in Liberal Democracies Thomas Renard (Egmont Institute, Belgium) 9781032035772
RRP: $77.98$68.37This book examines the evolution of counter-terrorism (CT) policies in liberal democracies since 2001, with a specific focus on the case of Belgium.What is counter-terrorism (CT)? While the answer to this question may seem self-evident, it has become... -
Civil Society Organizations Against Terrorism: Case Studies from Asia by Rohan Gunaratna 9780367712808
RRP: $77.98$68.37With recent changes in social and political landscapes around the world the focus of preventive counter-terrorism has shifted in many places from government to civil society. The contributors analyze the different approaches of Civil Society... -
Boko Haram’s Terrorist Campaign in Nigeria: Contexts, Dimensions and Emerging Trajectories by Temitope B. Oriola 9781032077840
RRP: $77.98$68.37This book investigates the devastating impacts of the Boko Haram terrorist campaign in Nigeria, reflecting on the group’s historical context, organizational dynamics, and emerging trajectories.Since its inception in 2002, Boko Haram’s terrorist campaign... -
Understanding Islamist Terrorism in Europe: Drugs, Jihad, and the Pursuit of Martyrdom Lewis Herrington (University of Loughborough London, UK) 9781032040257
RRP: $77.98$68.37This book argues that guilt, shame, and remorse, associated with a history of substance abuse, explain why a minority of Islamist extremists carried out suicide terrorism in Europe between 2001 and 2018. Since 9/11, Islamist terrorism has dominated the... -
Foreign Fighters and Radical Influencers: Radical Milieus in the Postwar Balkans by Asya Metodieva 9781032227313
RRP: $243.75$210.33This book looks at Salafi influencers and foreign fighters in the Balkans to examine how the origins and dynamics of radical milieus are related to the legacy of the Bosnian War and the Kosovo War. The work seeks to understand if and in what ways these... -
Terrorism Awareness: Understanding the Threat and How You Can Protect Yourself by Robert H. Deatherage, Jr. 9781032274188
RRP: $243.75$210.33Terrorism Awareness: Understanding the Threat and How You Can Protect Yourself provides readers a foundational understanding of the threats that face us every day. The goal is to introduce readers to different tactics and techniques used by... -
Terrorism Awareness: Understanding the Threat and How You Can Protect Yourself by Robert H. Deatherage, Jr. 9781032274164
RRP: $97.48$84.83Terrorism Awareness: Understanding the Threat and How You Can Protect Yourself provides readers a foundational understanding of the threats that face us every day. The goal is to introduce readers to different tactics and techniques used by... -
Enemies Near and Far: How Jihadist Groups Strategize, Plot, and Learn by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross 9780231195249
RRP: $195.00$173.76Although the United States has prioritized its fight against militant groups for two decades, the transnational jihadist movement has proved surprisingly resilient and adaptable. Many analysts and practitioners have underestimated these militant... -
Democracy at Risk: How Terrorist Threats Affect the Public by Jennifer L. Merolla 9780226520544
RRP: $157.95$151.22How do threats of terrorism affect the opinions of citizens? Speculation abounds, but until now no one had marshaled hard evidence to explain the complexities of this relationship. Drawing on data from surveys and original experiments they conducted in... -
Handbook of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents, Two Volume Set by D. Hank Ellison 9781138386778
RRP: $243.75$215.98Since the first edition of this handbook, written in 1999, the awareness of threat scenarios-and the technical knowledge and capabilities from toxicological and medical treatment perspective-have only advanced and, largely, improved. The Handbook of... -
The External Dimension of the European Union's Critical Infrastructure Protection Programme: From Neighbouring Frameworks to Transatlantic Cooperation by Alessandro Lazari 9780367517182
RRP: $204.75$177.18External Dimension of the European Union's Critical Infrastructure Protection Programme: From Neighboring Frameworks to Transatlantic Cooperation provides the basis, methodological framework, and first comprehensive analysis of the current state of the...