The sociology of terrorism: peoples, places and processes.

Vertigans, Stephen

Abstract

This is the first terrorism textbook based on sociological research. It adopts an innovative framework that draws together historical and modern, local and global, and social processes for a range of individuals, groups and societies. Individual behaviour and dispositions are embedded within these broader relationships and activities, allowing a more holistic account of terrorism to emerge. In addition, the shifting forms of identification and interwoven attitudes to political violence are discussed in order to explain the emergence, continuation, and end of 'terrorist' careers. The book draws on examples from across the discursive spectrum, including religious, 'red' and 'black' racialist, nationalist, and trans-national. It also spans territories as diverse as Chechnya, Germany, Italy, Japan, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, South America, the UK, and the US. The file for this record represents only a sample chapter from the whole work, which is available for purchase from the publisher.

Citation

VERTIGANS, S. 2011. The sociology of terrorism: peoples, places and processes. Abingdon: Routledge [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203855812

• Book Type: Monograph
• Online Publication Date: Mar 1, 2013
• Publication Date: Aug 24, 2011
• Deposit Date: Mar 30, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 30, 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Book Title: The Sociology of Terrorism: Peoples, places and processes
• ISBN: 9781135145798; 9780415572651; 9780415572668
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203855812
• Keywords: Sociological research; Terrorism; Political violence; Religious; Racialist; Nationalist; Transnational
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2841
• Publisher URL: https://www.routledge.com/The-Sociology-of-Terrorism-People-Places-and-Processes/Vertigans/p/book/9780415572668