This article reviews the political science literature on political violence against civilians,
including genocide, mass killing, and terrorism. Early work on these subjects tended to …

From 1968 to 1997, wealthy, advanced democracies generally did not suffer from high levels
of chronic terrorism, with two exceptions:(a) advanced democracies that interfered in other …

A sweeping overview of civil resistance movements around the world that explains what they
are, how they work, why they are often effective, and why they can fail. Civil resistance is a …

For more than a century, from 1900 to 2006, campaigns of nonviolent resistance were more
than twice as effective as their violent counterparts in achieving their stated goals. By …

International Security Studies (ISS) has changed and diversified in many ways since 1945.
This book provides the first intellectual history of the development of the subject in that …

This overview examines critically the post-9/11 empirical literature on terrorism. Major
contributions by both economists and political scientists are included. We focus on five main …

Let us begin with a short political story. You live in a small village with a crime problem.
Vandals roam the village, stealing and destroying people's property. No one seems to be …

The Oxford Handbook of Governance presents an authoritative and accessible state-of-the-
art analysis of the social science literature on governance. The volume presents the core …

How does the threat of becoming a victim of terrorism affect voting behavior? Localities in
southern Israel have been exposed to rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip since 2001. Relying …

The historical record indicates that nonviolent campaigns have been more successful than
armed campaigns in achieving ultimate goals in political struggles, even when used against …