Jessica Davis

Women in Modern Terrorism

From Liberation Wars to Global Jihad and the Islamic State

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Produktbeschreibung

Drawing from a unique dataset compiled over a decade, this text examines why women join terrorist organizations and why groups choose to incorporate them into their structures and operations, covering both religious and ethno-nationalist-motivated terrorism and conflict.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9781442274976
• ISBN-10: 1442274972
• Artikelnr.: 45800055

Autorenporträt

Jessica Davis is a registered dietitian and a passionate writer with multiple bestseller books. Her purpose is to spread a healthy eating lifestyle by writing about and tackling nutrition trends that she has tested with her patients and have proven to work effectively. During her professional career, she realized that one of the main reasons why a person is prone to fail when it comes to following a diet is due to the lack of ideas when it comes to choosing and finding delicious recipes. And this is how she got inspired to create a series of books that include, not only guidelines related to each diet but also a huge range of tasty recipes that will leave anyone spoilt for choice, every day.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Women in Modern Terrorism Defining Terrorism Data Collection
and Methodology Studying Women in Terrorism Chapter 1: Organizational
Decision Making Women's Roles in Terrorist Organizations Understanding the
Integration of Women Using Structural and Group Factors Predicting Women's
Involvement in Conflict Chapter 2: Gender and the Radicalization
Process(es) The Process(es) of Radicalization Gendered Radicalization?
Women as Lone Actors Conclusions About Women's Radicalization Processes
Chapter 3: Lebanese Hizballah and Palestinian Terrorist Groups Hizballah's
Lack of Women Operatives Women as Terrorists in Palestinian Terrorist
Groups Trends in Women's Participation in Palestinian Terrorist Activities
Women: Participants in Political Violence in Lebanon and the
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Chapter 4: Women in Ethno-nationalist Conflict
Women in the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Women in the PKK Chapter 5:
Women in Global Jihad: From Al Qaeda to Chechnya Women in Al Qaeda Core The
Russia - Chechnya Conflict and Chechen Black Widows Comparing Al Qaeda Core
with Chechen Terrorist Groups Chapter 6: Evolving Global Jihad: Boko Haram
and Al Shabaab Boko Haram's Bombers: Women and Girls Al Shabaab's Inclusion
of Women in Modern Terrorism Comparing Boko Haram and Al Shabaab's Use of
Women in Modern Terrorism Chapter 7: Women's role in the Conflict in Iraq
and Syria Female Suicide Bombers in Iraq Women in ISIL The Draw of
Fundamentalist Religion in the Recruitment of Women Women in the
(continually) evolving Jihad Conclusion: Trends in Female Terrorism Women's
Involvement in Modern Terrorism Women as Lone Actors Women's other roles in
terrorism Addressing Women in Terrorism through Counter-Terrorism
Initiatives Annex: Women in Terrorism Incident Dataset Al Shabaab / Somalia
Al Qaeda Al Qaeda in Iraq Boko Haram / Islamic State West Africa Chechen
Groups ISIL LTTE PKK Palestinian (Unknown group) Palestinian - Al Aqsa
Martyr's Brigade Palestinian - Palestinian Islamic Jihad Palestinian -
Fatah Palestinian - Hamas Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party TTP
Unaffiliated Events (By Country) Canada Iraq Israel Lebanon United Kingdom
United States of America Bibliography About the Author Index