Countering terrorism : psychosocial strategies / edited by Updesh Kumar, Manas K. Mandal
- Published
- New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks : SAGE, [2012]
- Copyright Date
- ©2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource
- Additional Creators
- Kumar, Updesh and Mandal, Manas K.
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- Contents
- Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Foreword; Preface; Section I: Understanding Terrorism: Psychosocial Issues; 1 -- Terrorism: A Conceptual Framework; 2 -- Terrorism: Psychological Issues; 3 -- Sociocultural Aspects of Terrorism; 4 -- The Sociopsychological Impact of Terrorism: Key Concepts, Research, and Theory; 5 -- The Behavioral Profile of a Terrorist: Theoretical and Empirical Observations; 6 -- Understanding Terrorist Groups; 7 -- The Leadership Puzzle in Terrorism Study; 8 -- Bioterrorism: Psychological Implications of Biological Weapons Agents and Mass Contagion., 9 -- The Role of the Media in Propagating TerrorismSection II: Countering Terrorism: Psychosocial Avenues; 10 -- Terrorist Motives: A Reassessment of the Conventional Wisdom; 11 -- Rational Choice and Terrorist Target Selection; 12 -- Impact of Virtual World in Creation and Sustenance of Terrorists; 13 -- Risk Assessment in Counterterrorism; 14 -- Strategic Interrogation: Interviewing Terrorist Suspects; 15 -- Educating People to Counterterrorism: "Cognitive Immunization" against Violent Extremism in Indonesia., and 16 -- How Policies Impacting Intergroup Relations May Escalate or De-escalate Political Aggression17 -- The Role of Strategic Information Operations in Countering Terrorism; 18 -- Psychospiritual Basis of Understanding, Prevention, and Control of Violence and Terrorism; About the Editors and Contributors; Index.
- Summary
- Countering Terrorism: Psychosocial Strategies contextualizes the issues related to terrorism and places the discourse within the ambit of sociocultural theories. The book goes beyond the obvious and commonsensical notions and discusses the relevant issues from interdisciplinary perspectives, informed by theoretical stances of not only psychological sciences, but other social sciences like political science, criminology, military, and sociology as well. The volume contains 18 chapters by expert authors with diverse cultural backgrounds and provides a wide ranging canvas for multif.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9788132111122 (electronic bk.)
8132111125 (electronic bk.)
9788132109594
8132109597 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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