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Evaluating the Political Rationality of Terrorist Groups

Eric van Um (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XVII, 273 Seiten

2015 | 1st ed. 2016
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH (Verlag)
978-3-658-11538-8 (ISBN)

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This book improves our understanding of terrorists' motivations and rationality and may, ultimately, also indicate how to respond to the phenomenon of terrorism. In his research studies, Eric van Um explores the political rationality of terrorist groups. The political rationality model builds on rational choice theory. It demands that terrorist groups take into account the costs and benefits of their available options and choose the option promising them the highest political utility. Testing the explanatory power of this model is relevant, as rational choice approaches have become very prominent in terrorism research. But, at the same time, their empirical power remains highly contested. Increased knowledge of the political rationality model not only promises added value for terrorism research itself, but also for social sciences more generally.

Eric van Um received his doctorate degree from the University of Hamburg in 2015. His research focus is on security economics, international security, and political violence.

Terrorists' Psychological and Economic Rationality.- Terrorists' Motives.- The Puzzle of Inter-Terrorist Group Violence.- The Puzzle of Terrorist Groups' Political Ineffectiveness.- Testing the Explanatory Power of the Political Rationality Model.

Erscheinungsdatum	13.11.2015
Zusatzinfo	XVII, 273 p. 8 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Wiesbaden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
Schlagworte	explanatory power • Humanities, Social Sciences and Law • Inter-Group Violence • International Relations • Methodology of the Social Sciences • Rational Choice Theory • terrorism • Terrorist Groups' Political Ineffectiveness • Terrorist Groups’ Political Ineffectiveness
ISBN-10	3-658-11538-6 / 3658115386
ISBN-13	978-3-658-11538-8 / 9783658115388
Zustand	Neuware