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The historical roots of political violence : revolutionary terrorism in affluent countries
- Title
- The historical roots of political violence : revolutionary terrorism in affluent countries / Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca.
- Author
- Sánchez-Cuenca, Ignacio
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- ©2019
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- Description
- xv, 275 pages : illustrations (black and white); 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Following the protest movements and radicalism of the late sixties, many affluent countries experienced lethal revolutionary terrorism. Groups like the Red Brigades in Italy and the Red Army Faction in Germany provoked political crises in their countries. Other affluent countries, however, did not experience this same kind of violence. This book offers a historical-comparative explanation of this cross-national variation, focusing on the development paths followed by countries during interwar period. The countries that followed a non-liberal path (marked by anarchist terrorism, democratic breakdowns, civil wars, land inequality, non-liberal capitalism, and late industrialization) suffered lethal left-wing terrorism decades later. Terrorism is thus explained as a feature of the political and economic system. The Drawing on several fields, including Comparative Politics, Political Economy, International Relations, and Historical Sociology, this book offers novel hypotheses about the determinants of violent conflict"--
- Series Statement
- Cambridge studies in comparative politics
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
- Subject
- 1900-1999
- Terrorism > Developed countries > History > 20th century
- Radicalism > Developed countries > History > 20th century
- Political violence > Developed countries > History > 20th century
- Economic history
- Political violence
- Radicalism
- Terrorism
- Developed countries > Economic conditions > 20th century
- Developed countries
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The argument: from development paths in the interwar years to revolutionary terrorism in the 1970s -- Revolutionary terrorism and its idealogical roots -- The major cases of revolutionary terrorism -- Contemporary effects and background conditions -- The long-term determinants of revolutionary terrorism -- Historical mechanisms: radicalism and repression -- Individualism, modernization, and violence.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-9114
- ISBN
- 9781108482769
- 1108482767
- 9781108710916
- 1108710913
- LCCN
- 2018058450
- OCLC
- 1081367144
- Author
- Sánchez-Cuenca, Ignacio, author.
- Title
- The historical roots of political violence : revolutionary terrorism in affluent countries / Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Cambridge studies in comparative politicsCambridge studies in comparative politics.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Other Form:
- ebook version : 9781316997864
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-9114