Talking to Terrorists: Concessions and the Renunciation of Violence

ISBN-13: 9780415532556 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 192 str.

Carolin Goerzig

Opis

This work examines the doctrine of giving no concessions to terrorists, and uses empirical research to establish whether there is any link between negotiating with such groups and the spread of political violence.

Recenzje

'The book is an excellent empirical study of a doctrine that is rarely scrutinized. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.' - W. W. Newmann, Virginia Commonwealth University, CHOICE

Spis treści

1. Questioning the No-Concessions-Doctrine  2. Arguing for a Differentiated Picture  3. The Jama'ah Islamiya's Change of Means and the Reaction of the Egyptian Jihad and Al Qaeda  4. The PLO’s Change of Ends and the Reaction of Hamas  5. The AUC's Change of Means and the Reaction of the ELN  6. The PKK’s Change of Ends and the Reaction of the Turkish Hezbollah  7. Implications for Policy  8. Conclusion

O autorze

Carolin Goerzig is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the EU Institute for Security Studies in Paris and has a PhD in Political Science from Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich.