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T1 Failed states and the origins of violence: a comparative analysis of state failure as a root cause of terrorism and political violence
A1 Howard, Tiffiany 1979-
LA English
PP Farnham, Surrey Burlington, VT
PB Ashgate
YR 2014
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1609504038
AB 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
AB 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
AB 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
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 163-186
CN JC328.7
SN 9781472417800
K1 Failed States : Case studies
K1 Political Violence : Case studies
K1 Terrorism : Case studies
K1 Failed State
K1 Terrorism -- Case studies
K1 Failed states -- Case studies
K1 Political violence -- Case studies
K1 Staatsversagen : Gewalttätigkeit : Terrorismus : Politik
K1 Terrorismus : Gewalttätigkeit : Staatsversagen : Politik