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Radical, Religious, and Violent : The New Economics of Terrorism.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The MIT Press SeriesPublisher: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (315 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262258555
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Radical, Religious, and ViolentDDC classification:
  • 363.325
LOC classification:
  • HV6431.B478 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note to Readers -- 1 Why Are Religious Terrorists So Lethal? -- 2 The Defection Constraint -- 3 Sects, Prohibitions, and Mutual Aid: The Organizational Secrets of Religions Radicals -- 4 Sect, Subsidy, and Sacrifice -- 5 The Hamas Model: Why Religious Radicals Are Such Effective Terrorists -- 6 Why Suicide Attacks? -- 7 Constructive Counterterrorism -- 8 Religious Radicals and Violence in the Modern World -- Analytical Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Summary: Applying fresh tools from economics to explain puzzling behaviors of religious radicals: Muslim, Christian, and Jewish; violent and benign.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note to Readers -- 1 Why Are Religious Terrorists So Lethal? -- 2 The Defection Constraint -- 3 Sects, Prohibitions, and Mutual Aid: The Organizational Secrets of Religions Radicals -- 4 Sect, Subsidy, and Sacrifice -- 5 The Hamas Model: Why Religious Radicals Are Such Effective Terrorists -- 6 Why Suicide Attacks? -- 7 Constructive Counterterrorism -- 8 Religious Radicals and Violence in the Modern World -- Analytical Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Applying fresh tools from economics to explain puzzling behaviors of religious radicals: Muslim, Christian, and Jewish; violent and benign.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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