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Women in modern terrorism : from liberation wars to global Jihad and the Islamic State
- Title
- Women in modern terrorism : from liberation wars to global Jihad and the Islamic State / Jessica Davis.
- Author
- Davis, Jessica, 1980-
- Publication
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
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Details
- Description
- ix, 181 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Recent events, including the rise of the Islamic State and its overt recruitment of Western women, have once again brought the issue of women participating in terrorist organizations to the forefront. Yet much remains to be understood about why women join terrorist organizations and why groups choose to incorporate them into their structures and operations. Women in Modern Terrorism, which draws from a unique dataset compiled over a decade, tackles these questions and analyzes women's inclusion in terrorist organizations since the beginning of modern terrorism, covering both religious and ethno-nationalist terrorism and conflict. The text opens with a discussion of the definition of terrorism before examining key issues, such as how and why women join terrorist groups, what women's inclusion in terrorist organizations reveals about the nature and longevity of both the groups and the conflicts, the future of women's role in terrorist organizations and attacks (particularly given the rise of new terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq), and the types of attacks women perpetrate and how they compare across groups. By looking at case studies--including Hizballah, Chechnya, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, Al Shaabab, and more--this text shows that women's inclusion in various terrorist organizations is largely a pragmatic choice by the group. It also highlights the cross-pollination of ideas between differently motivated groups. All these issues, along with the role of the media and the Internet in radicalization and recruitment processes, are explored to provide an exhaustive account of the many roles for women in terrorist groups today. -- Back cover.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: women in modern terrorism -- Organizational decision making -- Gender and the radicalization process(es) -- Lebanese Hizballah and Palestinian terrorist groups -- Women in ethno-nationalist conflict -- Women in global Jihad: from Al Qaeda to Chechnya -- Evolving global jihad: Boko Haram and Al Shabaab -- Women's role in the conflict in Iraq and Syria -- Conclusion: trends in female terrorism.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-3568
- ISBN
- 9781442274976
- 1442274972
- 9781442274983
- 1442274980
- LCCN
- 2016040533
- 40026905620
- OCLC
- 958798010
- Author
- Davis, Jessica, 1980- author.
- Title
- Women in modern terrorism : from liberation wars to global Jihad and the Islamic State / Jessica Davis.
- Publisher
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Davis, Jessica, 1980- author. Women in modern terrorism. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017] 9781442274990 (DLC) 2016059837
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40026905620
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-3568