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Subject(s)

• Political stability—Asia [Browse]
• Terrorism—Asia [Browse]
• Democracy—Asia [Browse]
• Political stability—Africa [Browse]
• Terrorism—Africa [Browse]
• Democracy—Africa [Browse]
• Asia—Politics and government—21st century [Browse]
• Africa—Politics and government—21st century [Browse]

Related name

• Falconer, John [Browse]
• Stackhouse, Brian [Browse]

Series

Northeastern series on democratization and political development. [More in this series]

Summary note

"There is a flourishing and growing debate among political scientists regarding the links between democracy/democratization and terrorism. Terrorism, Instability, and Democracy in Asia and Africa takes a regional approach to the issue, focusing on two areas sorely underrepresented in the literature but which grew ever more topical." "Beginning with definitions and a literature review, the authors present and interpret statistical analysis and case studies of nations in the Horn of Africa; sub-Saharan Africa; and Central, East, South, and Southeast Asia. This is a timely book that will fill a gaping hole in terrorism literature, just as the world is becoming increasingly attuned to domestic, international, and regional terrorist threats emanating from Asia and Africa. Academics, students, and policy experts in the fields of American, Asian, African, and international affairs and terrorism will embrace this crucial volume."--BOOK JACKET.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Ch. 1. Introduction
• Ch. 2. Defining terrorism : the first step in an effective international counterterrorism strategy
• Ch. 3. A clash of civilizations, the democratic peace, the poverty-terrorism nexus, or regime instability
• Ch. 4. Methods used to investigate the causes of terrorism in Asia and Africa
• Ch. 5. Analyzing international terrorism in Asia and Africa
• Ch. 6. Analyzing domestic terrorism in Asia and Africa
• Ch. 7. Terrorism, transition, economic growth, and instability in Southeast Asia
• Ch. 8. East Asia : a lack of sustained terrorism
• Ch. 9. The large and constant specter of terrorism in South Asia
• Ch. 10. Central Asia and the role of the Soviet Union
• Ch. 11. Terrorism in northern Africa
• Ch. 12. The terrorist experience in sub-Saharan Africa
• Ch. 13. Conclusion and policy prescriptions.

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ISBN

• 9781555537050 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 1555537057 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2008049863

OCLC

275152807

Other standard number

• 40016908622

RCP

C - S

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