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Trust and terror : social capital and the use of terrorism as a tool of resistance / Ammar Shamaileh
(Conceptualising Comparative Politics)

Material Type E-Book
Edition 1 edition
Publisher New York, NY : Routledge
Year 2017
Language English
Size 1 online resource

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URL E-Book 電子ブック(EBSCO: eBook Open Access Collection)
EB2202537
9781315505794

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Contents 1. Introduction
2. Trust, terror, and the Arab Spring : Egypt, Libya, and Syria
3. Theory : the relationship between trust and terror
4. Islamist political mobilization in Egypt, Libya, and Syria
5. The Syrian protester's dilemma
6. Generalized and particularized trust and support for terrorism : evidence from five Arab States
7. Generalized interpersonal trust and the prevalence of domestic terrorist activity : a cross-country study
8. Conclusion
Notes Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force
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 Egypt, Libya and Syria, a novel theoretical model that links the literature on social capital and interpersonal trust to violent collective action is developed and extended. Beyond simply bringing together two lines of literature, this theoretical model can serve as a prism from which the decision to join terrorist organizations or violent movements may be analyzed. The implications of the theory are then examined more closely through an in-depth look at the behavior of members of political movements at the outset of the Arab Spring, as well as statistical tests of the relationship between interpersonal trust and terrorism in the Middle East and globally.-- Provided by Publisher
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Authors *Shamaileh, Ammar,
Subjects LCSH:Electronic books
BSH:Electronic books
LCSH:Terrorism -- Arab counties  All Subject Search
LCSH:Arab Spring, 2010-
FREE:Comparative politics
BISACSH:POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy  All Subject Search
FREE:Terrorism
FREE:Arab Spring (2010-)
FREE:Since 2010
Classification DC23:322.4/209174927
ID ED00003720
ISBN 9781315505794

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