Women in Modern Terrorism

Informationen zum Autor Jessica Davis is a registered dietitian and a passionate writer with multiple bestseller books. Her purpose is to spread a healthy eating lifestyle by writing about and tackling nutrition trends that she has tested with her patients and have proven to work effectively. During her professional career, she realized that one of the main reasons why a person is prone to fail when it comes to following a diet is due to the lack of ideas when it comes to choosing and finding delicious recipes. And this is how she got inspired to create a series of books that include, not only guidelines related to each diet but also a huge range of tasty recipes that will leave anyone spoilt for choice, every day. Klappentext Drawing from a unique dataset compiled over a decade, this text examines why women join terrorist organizations and why groups choose to incorporate them into their structures and operations, covering both religious and ethno-nationalist-motivated terrorism and conflict. Zusammenfassung Drawing from a unique dataset compiled over a decade! this text examines why women join terrorist organizations and why groups choose to incorporate them into their structures and operations! covering both religious and ethno-nationalist-motivated terrorism and conflict. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Women in Modern Terrorism Defining Terrorism Data Collection and Methodology Studying Women in TerrorismChapter 1: Organizational Decision Making Women s Roles in Terrorist Organizations Understanding the Integration of Women Using Structural and Group Factors Predicting Women s Involvement in ConflictChapter 2: Gender and the Radicalization Process(es) The Process(es) of Radicalization Gendered Radicalization? Women as Lone Actors Conclusions About Women s Radicalization ProcessesChapter 3: Lebanese Hizballah and Palestinian Terrorist Groups Hizballah s Lack of Women Operatives Women as Terrorists in Palestinian Terrorist Groups Trends in Women s Participation in Palestinian Terrorist Activities Women: Participants in Political Violence in Lebanon and the Israeli-Palestinian ConflictChapter 4: Women in Ethno-nationalist Conflict Women in the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Women in the PKK Chapter 5: Women in Global Jihad: From Al Qaeda to Chechnya Women in Al Qaeda Core The Russia - Chechnya Conflict and Chechen Black Widows Comparing Al Qaeda Core with Chechen Terrorist GroupsChapter 6: Evolving Global Jihad: Boko Haram and Al Shabaab Boko Haram s Bombers: Women and Girls Al Shabaab s Inclusion of Women in Modern Terrorism Comparing Boko Haram and Al Shabaab s Use of Women in Modern Terrorism Chapter 7: Women s role in the Conflict in Iraq and Syria Female Suicide Bombers in Iraq Women in ISIL The Draw of Fundamentalist Religion in the Recruitment of Women Women in the (continually) evolving Jihad Conclusion: Trends in Female Terrorism Women s Involvement in Modern Terrorism Women as Lone Actors Women s other roles in terrorism Addressing Women in Terrorism through Counter-Terrorism InitiativesAnnex: Women in Terrorism Incident Dataset Al Shabaab / Somalia Al Qaeda Al Qaeda in Iraq Boko Haram / Islamic State West Africa Chechen Groups ISIL LTTE PKK Palestinian (Unknown group) Palestinian - Al Aqsa Martyr s Brigade Palestinian - Palestinian Islamic Jihad Palestinian - Fatah Palestinian - Hamas Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party TTP Unaffiliated Events (By Country) Canada Iraq Israel Lebanon United Kingdom United States of America BibliographyAbout the AuthorIndex...

Klappentext

Drawing from a unique dataset compiled over a decade, this text examines why women join terrorist organizations and why groups choose to incorporate them into their structures and operations, covering both religious and ethno-nationalist-motivated terrorism and conflict.

Inhalt

Introduction: Women in Modern Terrorism Defining Terrorism Data Collection and Methodology Studying Women in Terrorism Chapter 1: Organizational Decision Making Women s Roles in Terrorist Organizations Understanding the Integration of Women Using Structural and Group Factors Predicting Women s Involvement in Conflict Chapter 2: Gender and the Radicalization Process(es) The Process(es) of Radicalization Gendered Radicalization? Women as Lone Actors Conclusions About Women s Radicalization Processes Chapter 3: Lebanese Hizballah and Palestinian Terrorist Groups Hizballah s Lack of Women Operatives Women as Terrorists in Palestinian Terrorist Groups Trends in Women s Participation in Palestinian Terrorist Activities Women: Participants in Political Violence in Lebanon and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Chapter 4: Women in Ethno-nationalist Conflict Women in the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Women in the PKK Chapter 5: Women in Global Jihad: From Al Qaeda to Chechnya Women in Al Qaeda Core The Russia - Chechnya Conflict and Chechen Black Widows Comparing Al Qaeda Core with Chechen Terrorist Groups Chapter 6: Evolving Global Jihad: Boko Haram and Al Shabaab Boko Haram s Bombers: Women and Girls Al Shabaab s Inclusion of Women in Modern Terrorism Comparing Boko Haram and Al Shabaab s Use of Women in Modern Terrorism Chapter 7: Women s role in the Conflict in Iraq and Syria Female Suicide Bombers in Iraq Women in ISIL The Draw of Fundamentalist Religion in the Recruitment of Women Women in the (continually) evolving Jihad Conclusion: Trends in Female Terrorism Women s Involvement in Modern Terrorism Women as Lone Actors Women s other roles in terrorism Addressing Women in Terrorism through Counter-Terrorism Initiatives Annex: Women in Terrorism Incident Dataset Al Shabaab / Somalia Al Qaeda Al Qaeda in Iraq Boko Haram / Islamic State West Africa Chechen Groups ISIL LTTE PKK Palestinian (Unknown group) Palestinian - Al Aqsa Martyr s Brigade Palestinian - Palestinian Islamic Jihad Palestinian - Fatah Palestinian - Hamas Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party TTP Unaffiliated Events (By Country) Canada Iraq Israel Lebanon United Kingdom United States of America Bibliography About the Author Index