Avoiding the terrorist trap : why respect for human rights is the key to defeating terrorism / Tom Parker.
By: Parker, Tom [author.]
Series: Imperial College Press insurgency and terrorism series: Publisher: London : World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd., 2019Description: xxvii, 892 pagesContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781783266548; 9781800612129Subject(s): Terrorism -- Prevention | Human rightsDDC classification: 363.32517 Summary: "For more than 150 years, nationalist, populist, Marxist and religious terrorists have all been remarkably consistent and explicit about their aims: provoke states into over-reacting to the threat they pose, then take advantage of the divisions in society that result. Yet, state after state falls into the trap that terrorists have set for them. Faced with a major terrorist threat, governments seem to reach instinctively for the most coercive tools at their disposal and, in doing so, risk exacerbating the situation. This policy response seems to be driven in equal parts by a lack of understanding in the true nature of the threat, an exaggerated faith in the use of force, and a lack of faith that democratic values are sufficiently flexible to allow for an effective counter-terrorism response. Drawing on a wealth of data from both historical and contemporary sources, Avoiding the Terrorist Trap addresses common misconceptions underpinning flawed counter-terrorist policies, identifies the core strategies that guide terrorist operations, consolidates the latest research on the underlying drivers of terrorist violence, and then demonstrates why a counter-terrorism strategy grounded in respect for human rights and the rule of law is the most effective approach to defeating terrorism."-- Taken from back cover.
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| 363.32516 SHA Objective Troy : | 363.32517 KIL Blood year : | 363.32517 LOW Terrorism : | 363.32517 PAR Avoiding the terrorist trap : why respect for human rights is the key to defeating terrorism / | 363.32517 POW Talking to terrorists : | 363.325170941 MAR Counter-radicalisation policy and the securing of British identity : | 363.3253 TU Chemical and biological weapons and terrorism / |
"For more than 150 years, nationalist, populist, Marxist and religious terrorists have all been remarkably consistent and explicit about their aims: provoke states into over-reacting to the threat they pose, then take advantage of the divisions in society that result. Yet, state after state falls into the trap that terrorists have set for them. Faced with a major terrorist threat, governments seem to reach instinctively for the most coercive tools at their disposal and, in doing so, risk exacerbating the situation. This policy response seems to be driven in equal parts by a lack of understanding in the true nature of the threat, an exaggerated faith in the use of force, and a lack of faith that democratic values are sufficiently flexible to allow for an effective counter-terrorism response. Drawing on a wealth of data from both historical and contemporary sources, Avoiding the Terrorist Trap addresses common misconceptions underpinning flawed counter-terrorist policies, identifies the core strategies that guide terrorist operations, consolidates the latest research on the underlying drivers of terrorist violence, and then demonstrates why a counter-terrorism strategy grounded in respect for human rights and the rule of law is the most effective approach to defeating terrorism."-- Taken from back cover.