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Talking to Terrorists: Concessions and the Renunciation of Violence

Talking to Terrorists: Concessions and the Renunciation of Violence

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Series: Contemporary Terrorism Studies

General Political ScienceInternational Relations

ISBN10: 0415532558
ISBN13: 9780415532556
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Feb 21 2012
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.41 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book examines the doctrine of giving no concessions to terrorists, and uses empirical research to establish whether there is any link between negotiating with such groups and the spread of violence.

The logic of the no-concessions doctrine is based on the argument that other terrorist groups multiply when they realize that terrorism succeeds in achieving political goals. Proponents of the no-concessions doctrine have argued that there is a pattern in terrorist contagion which results from giving in to their demands. Statistical evidence for terrorist contagion is not convincing enough, however, as depicting an increase in terrorist incidences as a consequence of concessions could merely imply a flawed causality. Without an explanation for such correlations we are left wondering whether other reasons could be decisive in the increase in terrorist actions.

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