TY - BOOK AU - BERMAN Eli TI - Radical, religious and violent: the new economics of terrorism SN - 9780262026406 (hbk.) : PY - 2009/// CY - Cambridge MA PB - MIT Press, KW - TERRORISM KW - ECONOMIC ASPECTS KW - RELIGIOUS ASPECTS KW - TERRORIST GROUPS KW - MEMBERSHIP CONTROL N2 - 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 ER -