Author:
Choi, Seung-Whan, author.
ImprintSanta Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC [2018]
Descriptionxviii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Note:Introduction -- 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 -- Conclusion.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:Taking a consistent theoretical and empirical approach, Emerging Security Challenges: American Jihad, Terrorism, Civil War, and Human Rights explicates the relationships among these four closely related areas of concern for national security. Each chapter presents systematic, empirical evidence of security trends for more than 100 sample countries, determined using the most current statistical methods. Given that security studies should provide practical policy recommendations, this book also offers potentially effective policy suggestions at the end of each chapter.
