Values and Violence

by Karawan, Ibrahim A.; McCormack, Wayne; Reynolds, Stephen E.

• ISBN13: 9781402086595
• ISBN10: 1402086598
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

"In this volume an unusual array of elite scholars addresses the role of values in understanding terrorism and forming policies for responses to it. Their essays, which appear here for the first time, have significance in the fears and concerns of the moment but the enduring values they espouse extend far beyond terrorism."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Social Identity and Political Violence
Violence in Identity	p. 3
Gandhi, Newton, and the Enlightenment	p. 15
Ideas as Weapons: Militant Islamist Groups in Egypt	p. 31
Female Terrorists: Martyrdom and Gender Equality	p. 43
Ethnicity and Indoctrination for Violence: The Efficiency of Producing Terrorists	p. 63
The Clash Within: Democracy and the Hindu Right	p. 81
Scope of the Terrorist Threat
Assessing the State of Al Qaeda and Current and Future Terrorist Threats	p. 99
The Debate over "New" vs. "Old" Terrorism	p. 117
Globalization, Social Capital and Networked Violence: The Role of Values	p. 137
Geospatial Analysis of Dynamic Terrorist Networks	p. 151
Developing Moral Agency in the Midst of Violence: Children, Political Conflict, and Values	p. 169
Violent and Non-violent Responses to State Failure: Papua New Guinea and Ecuador	p. 189
Values and Policy Choices
Terrorism, Islam and America: In Search of a Disarming Narrative	p. 207
The Importance of Values in the Fight Against Terrorism	p. 215
"Terrorism": Reflections on Legitimacy and Policy Considerations	p. 233
Values Implicated in the Struggle with Terrorism: War, Crime, and Prevention	p. 257
Biographies of Authors	p. 279
Index	p. 287
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