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Radical, religious and violent : the new economics of terrorism / Eli Berman.

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BERMAN Eli

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge MA : MIT Press, 2009Description: xi, 300 pISBN:

9780262026406 (hbk.) :

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Summary: By comparing radical violent religiously inspired terrorist groups from Jewish, Christian and Muslim backgrounds this book seeks to provide an economic explanation why in some cases there is a transition from peace to violence. Also seeks to identify how a very small number of groups manage to achieve extraordinarily high levels of cohesion - suggests this is done by ensuring that members do not leave or defect.

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By comparing radical violent religiously inspired terrorist groups from Jewish, Christian and Muslim backgrounds this book seeks to provide an economic explanation why in some cases there is a transition from peace to violence. Also seeks to identify how a very small number of groups manage to achieve extraordinarily high levels of cohesion - suggests this is done by ensuring that members do not leave or defect.

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