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The Psychology of Strategic Terrorism: Public and Government Responses to Attack

The Psychology of Strategic Terrorism: Public and Government Responses to Attack

Sheppard, Ben

Paperback

Series: Contemporary Terrorism Studies

Gifts & Stationery GeneralGeneral Political ScienceInternational Relations

ISBN10: 0415578108
ISBN13: 9780415578103
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 21 2009
Pages: 250
Weight: 0.82
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This new volume explores terrorism and strategic terror, examining how the public responds to terrorist attacks, and what authorities can do in such situations.

The book uses a unique interdisciplinary approach, which combines the behavioural sciences and international relations, in order to further the understanding of the 'terror' generated by strategic terror. The work examines five contemporary case studies of the psychological and behavioural effects of strategic terror, from either terrorist attacks or aerial bombardment. It also looks at how risk-communication and public-health strategies can amplify or reduce psychological and behavioural responses, and considers whether behavioural effects translate into political effects, and what governments can do to relieve this. Ultimately, the study argues that the public is not prone to panic, but can change their behaviours to reduce their perceived risk of being exposed to a terrorist attack.

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