Targets of Terror : Contemporary Assassination.
Assassination is a tactic of contemporary terrorism that is understudied in the terrorism and political violence literatures. This book examines the use of assassination in terror campaigns and the political and societal repercussions of these political killings across target types.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Tables and Figures -- Tables -- Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- An Overview of Assassination Norms -- Contemporary Assassinations -- Premise and Empirical Aim -- Structure of the Book -- Chapter 2: Characterizing Contemporary Assassination -- Assassination Defined -- Contemporary Assassination -- Defining Terrorism -- Previous Research on Terrorist Assassinations -- The Relevance of Terrorist Assassinations -- Why the Targets Matter -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: The Data and the Targets -- The GTD -- Assassination in the GTD -- Terrorist Assassination Target Categories -- Cleansing the Data -- Regime Type and the Polity IV Index -- Repressive Regimes and the Political Terror Scale -- Where Terrorist Assassinations Occur -- Other Descriptive Data -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Target Selection and Political Institutional Changes -- Target Selection Literature -- Methodology -- Survival Analysis: Regime Changes and Target Types -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Government Officials -- Second-Level Categories of Government Officials -- India-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi -- Greece-British Military Attaché Brigadier Stephen Saunders -- Survival Analysis Models-Targets and Political Change -- Survival Analysis Models-Targets and Repressive Regimes -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: The Politically Active -- Second-Level Categories of the Politically Active-Politicians and Political Party Members -- Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri -- Peru-The Shining Path and Red October -- Survival Analysis Models-Targets and Political Change -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7: Law Enforcement -- Second-Level Categories of Law Enforcement -- Russia-Deputy Chief Justice Aza Gazgireeva and Judge Eduard Chuvashov -- Spain-Police Chief Joseba Pagazaurtundua. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Survival Analysis Models-Targets and Political Change -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Journalists -- Second-Level Categories of Journalists -- France-Charlie Hebdo -- Algeria-The Black Decade -- Survival Analysis Models-Targets and Political Change -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9: Military and Religious Leaders -- Second-Level Categories of Military and Religious Targets -- Assassinations of Military Leaders -- Assassinations of Religious Leaders -- Survival Analysis Models-Targets and Political Change -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10: Understanding Terrorist Assassinations -- Quantitative Findings -- Qualitative Findings -- A Framework -- Future Research -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author. | |
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