Informationen zum Autor Jessica Davis is an Ottawa-based writer and researcher who has worked in government for more than fifteen years in various departments, including the Department of National Defence, the Department of Foreign Affairs, and the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada. 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 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 ...

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