Introduction to Homeland Security

David A. Mcentire

Explore the growing concerns about security with this vital book Homeland Security has never been a more important part of the American social and political fabric. Risk assessment, attack prediction and prevention, preparedness measures, response to terrorist activity,...

Terrorism, Politics, and Human Rights Advocacy

Temitope B. Oriola

Terrorism, Politics, and Human Rights Advocacy provides an insider-outsider analysis of the #BringBackOurGirls (#BBOG) movement. Formed through a coalition of elite women and middle-class allies to advocate for the rescue of over 200 high school girls from Chibok,...

Counterterrorism in Transition

Guendalina Simoncini

This volume offers a critical examination of how counterterrorism measures influence democratic processes, with a specific focus on the case study of post-2011 Tunisia. More concretely, it assesses the effects of counterterrorist discourses and practices on the...

Handbook of Political Islam in Europe

Thomas Jäger , Ralph Thiele

This book approaches the field of Political Islam from a European security perspective. Featuring various case studies and country surveys written by respected experts in the field, it offers a comparative perspective and comprehensive overview of the ideology and...

State Responses to Anti-LGBT Violence

Piotr Godzisz

This book offers a much-needed analysis of the difficulties associated with providing state protection from violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe. Focusing on Poland as a national case study, encompassed in the broader European context, the...

Terrorism, Politics, and Human Rights Advocacy

Temitope B. Oriola

Terrorism, Politics, and Human Rights Advocacy provides an insider-outsider analysis of the #BringBackOurGirls (#BBOG) movement. Formed through a coalition of elite women and middle-class allies to advocate for the rescue of over 200 high school girls from Chibok,...

IGAD and Multilateral Security in the Horn of Africa

Adeoye O. Akinola , Mohamed Farah Hersi

This book offers an insightful and comprehensive exploration of the Inter-Governmental Authority for Development (IGAD) and its endeavours to foster economic and security regionalism in the dynamic landscape of the Horn of Africa. Established in 1986 as a...

Error of Judgement

Chris Mullin

Media and Feminist Protest in Iran

Layla May

This book provides an analysis of social media and women’s resistance in Iran with relevance to similar polities. The author examines how Iranian women continue to fight against the regime’s gender discriminatory laws and protest the government in public...

The Italian State and International Terrorism, 1969–1986

Valentine Lomellini

This book sheds light on the so-called ‘Moro Doctrine’, an Italian state security policy which has been portrayed in literature as an under-the-counter agreement made between Italy and Palestinian movement during the Cold War. The Moro Doctrine, or ‘Lodo Moro’ as it is...

Foundations of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Martin J. Alperen

Foundations of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Complete guide to understanding homeland security law The newly revised and updated Third Edition ofFoundations of Homeland Security and Emergency Management enables readers to develop a conceptual understanding...

Unsichtbare Wunden

Christoph Reuther

Spätestens seit den Anschlägen am 11. September 2001 ist der islamistische Terrorismus in westlichen Ländern angekommen, so auch in Deutschland. Der Angriff am Breitscheidplatz in Berlin hinterließ neben 13 Toten eine Vielzahl von Verletzten, die teils Jahre später noch...

Rebel Governance in the Middle East

Abdalhadi Alijla , Ibrahim Fraihat

This book uses the cases of Syrian factions in rebel-held areas, Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Houthi in Yemen, rebels in Libya, Taliban in Afghanistan, In Iraq, and Somalia to explain the importance of examining genealogies tribalism, common local knowledge and social...

The Literature of Lashkar-e-Tayyaba

C. Christine Fair , Safina Ustaad

Since its inception in Afghanistan in the late 1980s, the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT), also known as the Jamaat-ul-Dawa (JuD), has arguably been the most threatening and disruptive terrorist organization in South Asia and beyond. While there is considerable scholarship on...

Handbuch Sicherheitswirtschaft und Öffentlich-Private Sicherheitskooperation

Sven Eisenmenger , Harald Olschok , Rolf Stober

Dieses Handbuch behandelt alle aktuellen Praxisfragen der Sicherheitswirtschaft u.a. aus rechtlicher, betriebswirtschaftlicher und technischer Sicht. Im Fokus des Handbuchs stehen zudem Öffentlich-Private Sicherheitskooperationen, also die Beauftragung der...

The Literature of Lashkar-e-Tayyaba

C. Christine Fair , Safina Ustaad

Since its inception in Afghanistan in the late 1980s, the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT), also known as the Jamaat-ul-Dawa (JuD), has arguably been the most threatening and disruptive terrorist organization in South Asia and beyond. While there is considerable scholarship on...

Corruption, Sustainable Development and Security Challenges in Africa

Kempe Ronald Hope, Sr.

This book sheds light on Africa’s development performance and dynamics arising from the interface between corruption and sustainable development on the one hand and the challenges that poses for peace, security and stability. Corruption also contributes to the spread of...

Critical Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Reader

Ted G. Lewis

Critical Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Reader Identify and protect critical infrastructure from a wide variety of threats InCritical Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Reader, Ted G. Lewis delivers a clear and compelling discussion of what...

Constructing Motherhood Identity Against Political Violence

Deniz Ülke Aribogan , Hamoon Khelghat-Doost

This volume offers a nuanced understanding of female agency in political violence by reviewing and analyzing the political construction of motherhood as a form of social agency against political violence committed by both state and non-state actors in different parts of...

The Power of Partisanship

Joshua J. Dyck , Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz

In The Power of Partisanship, Joshua J. Dyck and Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz argue that the growth in partisan polarization in the United States, and the resulting negativity voters feel towards their respective opposition party, has far-reaching effects on how Americans...