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  • Linking Political Violence and Crime in Latin America

    Myths, Realities, and Complexities

    by Kirsten Howarth, Jenny H. Peterson, Ami C. Carpenter, Mateja Celestina, Lirio Gutiérrez Rivera ...
    Series series Security in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century
    This edited collection explores the politics of crime and violence in Latin America through both theoretical reflections as well as several detailed case studies based on empirical, primary research. Its overall aim is to explore common misperceptions and simplifications which are often found in political discourses, policy documentation, as well as some academic work. These simplifications ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Community Resilience to Sectarian Violence in Baghdad

    by Ami C. Carpenter ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    The recent conflict in Iraq evolved from an insurgency against the interim U.S. led government (the Coalition Provisional Authority or CPA) into a sectarian civil war. Violence became widespread, especially in areas of Baghdad City such as Sadr City, Al Amiriyah, and Al Adhamiya. However, a number of multiethnic neighborhoods in Baghdad successfully prevented sectarian attitudes and behaviors from ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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    Methods, Tools and Programs for Countering Violent Extremism

    by Daniel Koehler ...
    Series series Contemporary Terrorism Studies
    This book provides a comprehensive guide to the different aspects of deradicalization theories, programs and methods.It analyzes the practical and theoretical aspects of deradicalization programs and the methods being employed to bring extremists and terrorist back to a non-violent life. The book includes in-depth case studies on programs and former extremists, including interviews with former ... Read more

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  • Arab Youth

    Social Mobilisation in Times of Risk

    Edited by Samir Khalaf, Roseanne Saad Khalaf ...
    In 2011, Arab youth took to the streets in their thousands to demand their freedom. Although it is too early to speculate on the ultimate outcome of the uprisings, one auspicious feature stands out: they reveal the genesis of a new generation sparked by the desire for civil liberties, advocacy for human rights, and participatory democracy. This unique volume explores some of the antecedents of the ... Read more

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  • Countering Violent Extremism

    The International Deradicalization Agenda

    by Tahir Abbas ...
    Terrorism, radicalization and violent extremism dominate sociological, political and cultural concerns in today's polarized social and political world. However, the role of governments and issues relating to state terrorism and the counter-terror state remain important considerations. This book presents an understanding of the concept of Countering Violent Extremism from a critical terrorism ... Read more

    $28.19 USD

  • Trust and Terror

    Social Capital and the Use of Terrorism as a Tool of Resistance

    by Ammar Shamaileh ...
    Series series Conceptualising Comparative Politics
    Why do some individuals choose to protest political grievances via non-violent means, while others take up arms? What role does whom we trust play in how we collectively act?This book explores these questions by delving into the relationship between interpersonal trust and the nature of the political movements that individuals choose to join. Utilizing the examples of the Arab Spring uprisings in ... Read more

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  • Gendered Paradoxes

    Educating Jordanian Women in Nation, Faith, and Progress

    by Fida J. Adely ...
    In 2005 the World Bank released a gender assessment of the nation of Jordan, a country that, like many in the Middle East, has undergone dramatic social and gender transformations, in part by encouraging equal access to education for men and women. The resulting demographic picture there—highly educated women who still largely stay at home as mothers and caregivers— prompted the World Bank to ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • The Psychology of Radicalization and Terrorism

    by Willem Koomen, Joop Van Der Pligt ...
    Terrorism and radicalization have a long history, but in recent years their prominence has been a particularly conspicuous and influential feature of the global political landscape. This important book presents an overview of the processes involved in radicalization and terrorism, and introduces a systematic framework which captures the most crucial individual and social factors involved in ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Radical Islam Rising

    Muslim Extremism in the West

    by Quintan Wiktorowicz ...
    Although the West denounces the spread of radical Islam in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and elsewhere in the Muslim world, it tends to overlook the development of Islamic extremism in its own societies. Over the past several decades, groups like al-Qaeda have been supported by thousands of citizens of the United States, the United Kingdom, and other Western democracies. Rejecting their national ... Read more

    $44.59 USD

  • Canadian Islamic Schools

    Unravelling the Politics of Faith, Gender, Knowledge, and Identity

    by Jasmin Zine ...
    Religious schooling in Canada has been a controversial subject since the secularization of the public school system, but there has been little scholarship on Islamic education. In this ethnographic study of four full-time Islamic schools, Jasmin Zine explores the social, pedagogical, and ideological functions of these alternative, and religiously-based educational institutions. Based on eighteen ... Read more

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  • Rethinking Education

    by Khadim Hussain ...
    Dr. Khadim Hussain's new book 'Rethinking Education: Critical Discourse and Society' provides an insight to readers on critical discourses in Pakistani society and its links with education system in the country. Potentially it is a harbinger of a transformation in our society where reason and critical thinking have rusted and consequently it could be translated into the stupendous power of the ... Read more

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  • Reintegrating Jihadist Extremist Detainees

    Helping Extremist Offenders Back into Society

    by Daan Weggemans, Beatrice de Graaf ...
    Series series Contemporary Terrorism Studies
    This book seeks to understand the processes of reintegration of former Jihadist detainees, as well as the role that the police and other frontline professionals play in this process.Over the past few decades the number of people who have been detained under the suspicion of terrorist activities has grown significantly. This has resulted in an increased scholarly interest in the topic of prisons ... Read more

    $62.99 USD