The Oxford Handbook of Terrorism

Erica Chenoweth is a Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and, beginning in 2019, the Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University. Foreign Policy magazine ranked her among the Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2013 for her work to advance the empirical study of civil resistance. Her book, Why Civil Resistance Works (Columbia University Press, 2011) with Maria J. Stephan, also won the 2013 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. Chenoweth has authored or edited five books and dozens of articles on political violence and its alternatives. She earned a PhD and an MA from the University of Colorado and a BA from the University of Dayton.Richard English is Professor of Politics at Queen's University Belfast, where he is also Distinguished Professorial Fellow in the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security, and Justice. He is the author of eight books, including the award-winning studies Armed Struggle: The History of the IRA (2003) and Irish Freedom: The History of Nationalism in Ireland (2006). He is a Fellow of the British Academy, a Member of the Royal Irish Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, an Honorary Fellow of Keble College Oxford, and an Honorary Professor at the University of St Andrews. Andreas Gofas is Associate Professor of International Relations at Panteion University of Athens and director of the Center for the Analysis of Terrorism and European Security (CATES) at the European Law and Governance School. His publication include The Sage Handbook of the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of International Relations (co-edited with Inanna Hamati-Ataya and Nicholas Onuf, Sage, 2018), and The Role of Ideas in Political Analysis (co-edited wtih Colin Hay, Routledge, 2012). Stathis N. Kalyvas is the Gladstone Professor of Government at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford and a fellow of All Souls College. Prior to his appointment at Oxford, he was the Arnold Wolfers Professor of Political Science at Yale University, where he also founded and headed the Program on Order, Conflict and Violence. His publications include Modern Greece: What Everyone Needs to Know (OUP, 2015), and The Logic of Violence in Civil War (CUP, 2006).

This vast scope of discussion, with deeply penetrating views by scholars who have immersed themselves in terrorism studies or intelligence for their entire careers, make this handbook a great reference for new or seasoned researchers.

• 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