The Oxford Handbook of Terrorism systematically integrates the substantial body of scholarship on terrorism and counterterrorism before and after 9/11. In doing so, it introduces scholars and practitioners to state of the art approaches, methods, and issues in studying and teaching these vital phenomena. This Handbook goes further than most existing collections by giving structure and direction to the fast-growing but somewhat disjointed field of terrorism studies.
The volume locates terrorism within the wider spectrum of political violence instead of engaging in the widespread tendency towards treating terrorism as an exceptional act. Moreover, the volume makes a case for studying terrorism within its socio-historical context. Finally, the volume addresses the critique that the study of terrorism suffers from lack of theory by reviewing and extending the theoretical insights contributed by several fields - including political science, political economy, history, sociology, anthropology, criminology, law, geography, and psychology. In doing so, the volume showcases the analytical advancements and reflects on the challenges that remain since the emergence of the field in the early 1970s.
Introduction
1: Erica Chenoweth and Andreas Gofas: The Study of Terrorism: Achievements and Challenges Ahead
Part One: Concepts and Typologies
2: Stathis Kalyvas: The Landscape of Political Violence
3: Ben Saul: Defining Terrorism: A Conceptual Minefield
4: Gary LaFree: The Evolution of Terrorism Event Databases
5: Virginia Held: The Moral Dimensions of Terrorism
Part Two: The History of Terrorist Violence
6: Warren C. Brown: The Pre-History of Terrorism
7: Martin A. Miller: European Political Violence During the Long 19th Century
8: John Bew, Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens, and Martyn Frampton: The Long 20th Century
Part Three: Approaches and Methods
9: Lorenzo Bosi, Donatella della Porta, and Stefan Malthaner: Organizational and Institutional Approaches: Social Movement Studies Perspectives on Political Violence
10: Jacob N. Shapiro: Formal Approaches to the Study of Terrorism
11: Daren G. Fisher and Laura Dugan: Sociological and Criminological Explanations of Terrorism
12: Sini%sa Male%sevi'c: Anthropological and Cultural Approaches to the Study of Terrorism
13: Brenda J. Lutz: Historical Approaches to Terrorism
14: John G. Horgan: Psychological Approaches to the Study of Terrorism
15: Charlotte Heath-Kelly: Critical Approaches to the Study of Terrorism
16: Megan Farrell, Michael Findley, and Joseph Young: Geographical Approaches to the Study of Terrorism
Part Four: Causes and Motivations
17: Jeff Goodwin: The Causes of Terrorism
18: Richard English: Nationalism and Terrorism
19: Jeffry Haynes: Religion and Terrorism
20: Alia Brahimi: Ideology and Terrorism
21: Gary Ackerman and Anastasia Kouloganes: Single-Issue Terrorism
Part Five: Terrorism, Political Violence, and Collective Action
22: Tim Wilson: State Terrorism
23: Jessica A. Stanton: Terrorism, Civil War, and Insurgency
24: Vanda Felbab-Brown: The Crime-Terror Nexus and its Fallacies
Part Six: Actors, Strategies, and Modus Operandi
25: Brian Phillips: Terrorist Organizational Dynamics
26: Evan Perkoski: Terrorist Technological Innovation
27: Caron E. Gentry: Women and Terrorism
28: Rashmi Singh: Suicide Terrorism
29: Max Abrahms: The Strategic Model of Terrorism Revisited
Part Seven: Issues and Pedagogical Challenges
30: Erin Miller and Susan Fahey: The Rise and Fall of Terrorism
31: Harold Trinkunas: Financing Terrorism
32: David B. Carter and Saurabh Pant: Terrorism and State Sponsorship in World Politics
33: Gregory D. Miller: Teaching about Terrorism: Methodology and Ethics
34: David A. Siegel: New Techniques in Teaching Terrorism
Part Eight: The Geographical Context of Terrorism
35: Luis de la Calle and Ignacio Sanchez-Cuena: Terrorism in Western Europe: A Homegrown Trademark
36: Jennifer S. Holmes: Terrorism in Latin America
37: Boaz Ganor and Eitan Azani: Terrorism in the Middle East
38: Brahma Chellaney: Terrorism in Asia
39: Juliet U. Elu and Gregory N. Price: Terrorism in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Recapitulation of Causes and Consequences
Part Nine: Academic and Policy Perspectives on Countering Terrorism
40: Daniel Byman: Counterterrorism Strategies
41: Juliette Bird: Terrorism and Counterterrorism: A Policy Perspective
42: Andrea Bianchi: Counterterrorism and International Law
43: Courtenay R. Conrad: Torture and the War on Terrorism
44: Jonathan Evans: Academic Research and the Intelligence Community: Some Reflections
Part Ten: Autobiographic Reflections on the Evolution of a Field
45: Martha Crenshaw: Constructing the Field of Terrorism
46: Alex P. Schmid: Institutionalizing the Field of Terrorism
47: Richard Jackson: Revising the Field of Terrorism
