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Engineers of Jihad: The Curious Connection between Violent Extremism and Education
Diego Gambetta
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Description for Engineers of Jihad: The Curious Connection between Violent Extremism and Education
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 44 line illus. 16 tables. BIC Classification: HRH; JN; JPFR; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 24. Weight in Grams: 466.
The violent actions of a few extremists can alter the course of history, yet there persists a yawning gap between the potential impact of these individuals and what we understand about them. In Engineers of Jihad, Diego Gambetta and Steffen Hertog uncover two unexpected facts, which they imaginatively leverage to narrow that gap: they find that a disproportionate share of Islamist radicals come from an engineering background, and that Islamist and right-wing extremism have more in common than either does with left-wing extremism, in which engineers are absent while social scientists and humanities students are prominent. Searching for an explanation, ... Read more
The violent actions of a few extremists can alter the course of history, yet there persists a yawning gap between the potential impact of these individuals and what we understand about them. In Engineers of Jihad, Diego Gambetta and Steffen Hertog uncover two unexpected facts, which they imaginatively leverage to narrow that gap: they find that a disproportionate share of Islamist radicals come from an engineering background, and that Islamist and right-wing extremism have more in common than either does with left-wing extremism, in which engineers are absent while social scientists and humanities students are prominent. Searching for an explanation, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
466g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691145174
SKU
V9780691145174
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About Diego Gambetta
Diego Gambetta is professor of social theory at the European University Institute, Florence, and official fellow of Nuffield College at the University of Oxford. His books include The Sicilian Mafia and Codes of the Underworld (Princeton). Steffen Hertog is associate professor of comparative politics at the London School of Economics. He is the author of Princes, Brokers, and Bureaucrats.
Reviews for Engineers of Jihad: The Curious Connection between Violent Extremism and Education
One of Foreign Affairs' Best Books on the Middle East (Terrorism & Counterterrorism) 2016 This is an important study... The wealth of statistical data they bring to bear provides what was once a hypothesis with solid empirical grounding.
Malise Ruthven, Financial Times [A]n interesting and important book... Definitely recommended.
Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution That's really good work, ... Read more
Malise Ruthven, Financial Times [A]n interesting and important book... Definitely recommended.
Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution That's really good work, ... Read more