{"product_id":"walking-away-from-terrorism","title":"Walking Away from Terrorism","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis accessible new book looks at how and why individuals leave terrorist movements, and considers the lessons and implications that emerge from this process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on the tipping points for disengagement from groups such as Al Qaeda, the IRA and the UVF, this volume is informed by the dramatic and sometimes extraordinary accounts that the terrorists themselves offered to the author about why they left terrorism behind. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book examines three major issues:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewhat we currently know about de-radicalisation and disengagement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow discussions with terrorists about their experiences of disengagement can show how exit routes come about, and how they then fare as ‘ex-terrorists’ away from the structures that protected them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewhat the implications of these findings are for law-enforcement officers, policy-makers and civil society on a global scale.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eConcluding with a series of thought-provoking yet controversial suggestions for future efforts at controlling terrorist behaviour, \u003cem\u003eWalking Away From Terrorism\u003c\/em\u003e provides an comprehensive introduction to disengagement and de-radicalisation and offers policymakers a series of considerations for the development of counter-radicalization and de-radicalisation processes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be essential reading for students of terrorism and political violence, war and conflict studies, security studies and political psychology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Horgan is Director of the International Center for the Study of Terrorism at the Pennsylvania State University. He is one of the world's leading experts on terrorist psychology, and has authored over 50 publications in this field; recent books include the \u003cem\u003eThe Psychology of Terrorism\u003c\/em\u003e (Routledge 2005) and \u003cem\u003eLeaving Terrorism Behind\u003c\/em\u003e (co-edited, Routledge 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54233673105752,"sku":"9780415439435","price":210.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415439435_4c30f0f5-afb0-45cb-8374-cd2fd3399873.jpg?v=1768461329","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/walking-away-from-terrorism","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}