ISBN:
9781472417800
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 210 Seiten
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Diagramme
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Howard, Tiffiany, 1979 - Failed states and the origins of violence
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Howard, Tiffiany, 1979 - Failed states and the origins of violence
DDC:
363.32
Keywords:
Failed states Case studies
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Political violence Case studies
;
Terrorism Case studies
;
Failed State
;
Terrorism -- Case studies
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Failed states -- Case studies
;
Political violence -- Case studies
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Staatsversagen
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Gewalttätigkeit
;
Terrorismus
;
Politik
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Terrorismus
;
Gewalttätigkeit
;
Staatsversagen
;
Politik
Abstract:
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Breeding Grounds: Failed States and the Origins of Terrorism and Political Violence; 2 And They All Fall Down: The Pandemic of Political Violence and State Failure in sub-Saharan Africa; 3 A Legacy of Tyranny, Tragedy and Terror: A Closer Look at Weak States, Authoritarian Rule, and Radical Religious Terrorism in the Middle East and North Africa; 4 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon No More: The Emerging Crisis of Collapsed States and Extremist Terrorism in Southeast and South Asia
Abstract:
5 The Delayed Reign of the Latin King: Why Drug Lords, Rebels and Terrorism Will Forever Plague Latin America's Frail States6 Beyond Failed States: Reflecting on State Failure and the Origins of Violence and the Future Threat of Transnational Terrorism; Bibliography; Appendices; Index
Abstract:
Utilizing global barometer data, Tiffiany Howard examines the underpinnings of individual support for political violence and argues that an insidious pattern of deprivation within failed states drives ordinary citizens to engage in and support extreme acts of political violence. A rigorous examination of four regions plagued by a combination of failed states and political violence-Sub Saharan Africa, The Middle East and North Africa, Southeast and South Asia, and Latin America-this text draws parallels to arrive at a single conclusion; that failed states are a natural breeding ground for terrorrism
Description / Table of Contents:
Breeding grounds : failed states and the origins of terrorism and political violenceAnd they all fall down : the pandemic of political violence and state failure in Sub-Saharan Africa -- A legacy of tyranny, tragedy, and terror : a closer look at weak states, authoritarian rule, and radical religious terrorism in the Middle East and North Africa -- Crouching tiger, hidden dragon no more : the emerging crisis of collapsed states and extremist terrorism in Southeast and South Asia -- The delayed reign of the Latin king : why drug lords, rebels and terrorism will forever plague Latin America's frail states? -- Beyond failed states : reflecting on state failure and the origins of violence and the future threat of transnational terrorism.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 163-186
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