The Political Economy of Terrorism [Paperback]

This book analyzes all aspects of terrorism from the viewpoint of the government, terrorists and other interested participants.This book analyzes all aspects of terrorism  historical, economic, political, and strategic  from the viewpoint of the government, terrorists, and other interested participants, including the victims. There is no book that takes such a broad approach, while also analyzing the rational choice aspects. This book is rich in details about incidents and the practice of counterterrorism.This book analyzes all aspects of terrorism  historical, economic, political, and strategic  from the viewpoint of the government, terrorists, and other interested participants, including the victims. There is no book that takes such a broad approach, while also analyzing the rational choice aspects. This book is rich in details about incidents and the practice of counterterrorism.The Political Economy of Terrorism: Second Edition presents a widely accessible political economy approach to the study of terrorism. It applies economic methodology  theoretical and empirical  combined with political analysis and realities to the study of domestic and transnational terrorism. In so doing, the book provides both a qualitative and quantitative investigation of terrorism in a balanced up-to-date presentation that informs students, policy makers, researchers, and the general reader of the current state of knowledge. Included are historical aspects, a discussion of watershed events, the rise of modern-day terrorism, examination of current trends, the dilemma of liberal democracies, evaluation of counterterrorism, analysis of hostage incidents, and much more. The new edition expands coverage of every chapter, adds a new chapter on terrorist network structures and organization, accounts for changes in the Department of Homeland Security, and the USA Patriot Act, and insurance against terrorism. Rational-actor models of terrorist and government behavior and game-theoretlóx