(Ebook) Terrorism, identity and legitimacy: the four waves theory and political violence by Jean Elizabeth Rosenfeld (editor) ISBN 9780415578578, 9780203834329, 0415578574, 0203834321

(Ebook) Terrorism, identity and legitimacy: the four waves theory and political violence by Jean Elizabeth Rosenfeld (editor) ISBN 9780415578578, 9780203834329, 0415578574, 0203834321

This book argues that terrorism in the modern world has occurred in four "waves" of forty years each. It offers evidence-based explanations of terrorism, national identity, and political legitimacy by leading scholars from various disciplineswith contrasting perspectives on political violence. Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The meaning of political violence; Part I The Four Waves theory and global terrorism; 1 Looking for waves of terrorism; 2 Waves of international terrorism: An explanation of the process by which ideas flood the world; 3 Technological and lone operator terrorism: Prospects for a Fifth Wave of global terrorism; 4 David Rapoport and the study of religiously motivated terrorism; Part II Terrorism: A closer view; 5 Ripples in the waves: Fantasies and fashions