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Emerging security challenges : American jihad, terrorism, civil war, and human rights / Seung-Whan Choi.

By: Choi, Seung-Whan [author.].
Contributor(s): Gale (Firm).
Series: Gale eBooks.Praeger security international (Series): Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 300 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781440863059.Subject(s): Terrorists -- Recruiting -- United States | Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam | Terrorism -- Prevention | Civil war | Human rights | Security, InternationalAdditional physical formats: Print version:: Emerging security challenges.DDC classification: 363.3250973 Online resources: Available via Gale eBooks. Click here to access
Contents:
American jihad, Muslim Americans, and the general public -- America's homegrown jihadists and foreign fighting -- Democracy, civil liberties, and terrorism -- Theory of terrorist outbidding and its empirical evidence -- The effect of economic growth on terrorism -- New findings on the causes and effects of human rights violations -- Demystifying the impact of naming and shaming -- Preferential trade agreements and human rights abusers -- Leaders' education, democracy, and use of torture -- Civil war and rule of law -- Civil war, volunteer soldiers, and the military.
Summary: This book looks into four areas of international security crises: the growing threat of America's homegrown jihadists, the continuing rise of terrorism, the causes of gross violations of human rights, and the pervasiveness of civil war.
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American jihad, Muslim Americans, and the general public -- America's homegrown jihadists and foreign fighting -- Democracy, civil liberties, and terrorism -- Theory of terrorist outbidding and its empirical evidence -- The effect of economic growth on terrorism -- New findings on the causes and effects of human rights violations -- Demystifying the impact of naming and shaming -- Preferential trade agreements and human rights abusers -- Leaders' education, democracy, and use of torture -- Civil war and rule of law -- Civil war, volunteer soldiers, and the military.

This book looks into four areas of international security crises: the growing threat of America's homegrown jihadists, the continuing rise of terrorism, the causes of gross violations of human rights, and the pervasiveness of civil war.

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