Understanding Suicide Terrorism: Psychosocial Dynamics
Understanding Suicide Terrorism: Psychosocial Dynamics
Editor/Author
Kumar, Updesh and Mandal, Manas K.
Publication Year: 2014
Publisher: Sage UK
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$59.95

Unlimited-User Purchase Price:
$89.93
ISBN: 978-9-35-150034-6
Category: Social Sciences - Contemporary Issues & Controversies
Image Count:
7
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
Understanding Suicide Terrorism delves upon the enigmatic issue of suicide terrorism. The book is an interdisciplinary multi-faceted venture that brings together scholarly work from across the world, across cultures and societies on the issue of suicide terror.
This book is found in the following Credo Collections:
Table of Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Foreword - Professor Ariel Merari
- Preface
- Section I Suicide Terrorism: A Phenomenon
- 1. Suicide Terrorism: Delineating the Construct - Swati Mukherjee, Updesh Kumar, and Manas K. Mandal
- 2. Suicide Terrorism Explained: A Psychosocial Approach - Luis de la Corte Ibáñez
- 3. Evolutionary Psychological Science of Suicide Terrorism - James R. Liddle and Todd K. Shackelford
- 4. Suicide Terrorism as Social Noise: A Communicative Perspective - Jonathan Matusitz
- 5. ‘Mumbai Style’: Exploration of a Concept - Mark Dechesne
- 6. Suicide Bombings: Homicidal Killing or a Weapon of War? - Riaz Hassan
- Section II Suicide Terrorism: A Process
- 7. The Psychology of Suicide Terrorism - Jerrold M. Post, Farhana Ali, Schuyler W. Henderson, Stephen Shanfield, Jeff Victoroff, and Stevan Weine
- 8. The Militant Jihadi Ideology of Martyrdom as Short-lived Psychological First Aid for Trauma and Loss - Anne Speckhard
- 9. Are Suicide Terrorists Suicidal? - Bruce Bongar, Uri Kugel, and Victoria Kendrick
- 10. The Role of Military Psychologists and Psychiatrists in Understanding Suicide Terrorism - Uri Kugel, Laurie Black, Joseph Tomlins, Elvin Sheykhani, Bruce Bongar, Morgan Banks, and Larry James
- 11. The Use and Abuse of Children/Youth in Terrorism and Suicide Bombing - Edna Erez and Anat Berko
- 12. Deterring Suicide Terrorism - Dushyant Singh
- About the Editors and Contributors