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Talking to Terrorists Carolin Goerzig (European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), Paris, France)

Talking to Terrorists By Carolin Goerzig (European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), Paris, France)

Summary

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.

Talking to Terrorists Summary

Talking to Terrorists: Concessions and the Renunciation of Violence by Carolin Goerzig (European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), Paris, France)

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.

Based on field research in four countries and interviews with current and former members of several different terrorist groups, this book establishes a qualitative relationship between concessions to terrorists on the one hand and (non-)contagion of other terrorist groups on the other. The deterrence effect, intended by the imperative never to concede, is seriously challenged. In fact, it can be precisely through concessions that groups mentalities and actions are called into question.

The book will be of great interest to students of terrorism and political violence, war and conflict studies, security studies and IR/politics.

Carolin Goerzig is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the EU Institute for Security Studies in Paris and has a PhD in Political Science from Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich.

Talking to Terrorists Reviews

'The book is an excellent empirical study of a doctrine that is rarely scrutinized. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.' - W. W. Newmann, Virginia Commonwealth University, CHOICE

About Carolin Goerzig (European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), Paris, France)

Carolin Goerzig is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the EU Institute for Security Studies in Paris and has a PhD in Political Science from Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich.

Table of Contents

1. Questioning the No-Concessions-Doctrine 2. Arguing for a Differentiated Picture 3. The Jama'ah Islamiya's Change of Means and the Reaction of the Egyptian Jihad and Al Qaeda 4. The PLO's Change of Ends and the Reaction of Hamas 5. The AUC's Change of Means and the Reaction of the ELN 6. The PKK's Change of Ends and the Reaction of the Turkish Hezbollah 7. Implications for Policy 8. Conclusion

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NLS9780415532556
9780415532556
0415532558
Talking to Terrorists: Concessions and the Renunciation of Violence by Carolin Goerzig (European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), Paris, France)
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2012-02-21
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