The Oxford Handbook of Terrorism


Chenoweth, Erica, Richard English, Andreas Gofas, and Stathis N. Kalyvas, ed. 2019. The Oxford Handbook of Terrorism. Oxford University Press. Copy at
The Oxford Handbook of Terrorism



The volume locates terrorism within the wider spectrum of political violence instead of engaging in the widespread tendency towards treating terrorism as an exceptional act. Moreover, the volume makes a case for studying terrorism within its socio-historical context. Finally, the volume addresses the critique that the study of terrorism suffers from lack of theory by reviewing and extending the theoretical insights contributed by several fields - including political science, political economy, history, sociology, anthropology, criminology, law, geography, and psychology. In doing so, the volume showcases the analytical advancements and reflects on the challenges that remain since the emergence of the field in the early 1970s.

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