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Author Della Porta, Donatella

Title Clandestine Political Violence : a Social Movements Perspective
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (346 pages)
Series Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
Cambridge studies in contentious politics.
Contents Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; 1 Political Violence and Social Movements An Introduction; Clandestine Political Violence: Conceptualizing the Object of Study; Explaining Clandestine Political Violence: Selecting an Approach; Terrorism Studies and Their Limits; Social Movement Studies and Violence: The Traditional Agenda; Developing a Dynamic Approach; Relational Violence; Constructed Violence; Emergent Violence; Methodological Choices; A Global Comparison; Causal Mechanisms; Case Selections and Sources; The Structure of the Volume; 2 Escalating Policing
Escalating Policing: An IntroductionEscalating Policing of Left-Wing and Right-Wing Protest; Escalating Policing and Ethnic Protest; Escalating Policing and Religious Protest; Escalating Policing: Conclusions; 3 Competitive Escalation; Competitive Escalation: An Introduction; Competitive Escalation and Left-Wing Violence; Competitive Escalation and Right-Wing Violence; Competitive Escalation and Ethnic Violence; Competitive Escalation and Religious Violence; Competitive Escalation in Egypt; Competitive Escalation in Palestine; Competitive Escalation in Saudi Arabia
Competitive Escalation: Conclusions4 The Activation of Militant Networks; Activation of Militant Networks: An Introduction; Activation of Militant Networks in Left-Wing Organizations; Activation of Militant Networks in Right-Wing Organizations; Activation of Militant Networks in Ethnic Organizations; Activation of Militant Networks in Religious Organizations; Activation of Militant Networks: Conclusions; 5 Organizational Compartmentalization; Organizational Compartmentalization: An Introduction; Organizational Compartmentalization and Left-Wing Organizations
Organizational Compartmentalization and Right-Wing OrganizationsOrganizational Compartmentalization and Ethnic Organizations; Organizational Compartmentalization and Religious Organizations; Organizational Compartmentalization: Conclusions; 6 Action Militarization; Action Militarization: An Introduction; Action Militarization in Left-Wing Organizations; Action Militarization in Right-Wing Organizations; Action Militarization in Ethnic Organizations; Action Militarization in Religious Organizations; Action Militarization: Conclusions; 7 Ideological Encapsulation
Ideological Encapsulation: An IntroductionIdeological Encapsulation in Left-Wing Organizations; Ideological Encapsulation in Right-Wing Organizations; Ideological Encapsulation in Ethnic Organizations; Ideological Encapsulation in Religious Organizations; Ideological Encapsulation: Conclusions; 8 Militant Enclosure; Keeping Commitment in the Underground: An Introduction; Affective Focusing; Cognitive Closure; Militant Enclosure: Conclusions; 9 Leaving Clandestinity? Reversing Mechanisms of Engagement; Societal De-Escalation; Protest Moderation; De-Escalating Policing and Exit Options
Summary Compares four types of clandestine political violence: left-wing, right-wing, ethnonationalist and religious fundamentalist
Notes Organizational Disbandment
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Subject Political violence.
Violence.
terrorism.
violence.
Political violence
Violence
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781107344846
1107344840