This article reviews the literature on the onset and dynamics of domestic terrorism, with
special emphasis on the interactions between terrorist organizations, the state, and society …

Charles Tilly (1929–2008) was a pioneer in joining sociology and history. Throughout his
career, he was especially concerned with the ways in which ordinary people made political …

Attention to extreme forms of political violence in the social sciences has been episodic, and
studies of different forms of political violence have followed different approaches, with …

We propose an explanatory framework for the comparative study of radicalization that
focuses on its" how" and" when" questions. We build on the relational tradition in the study of …

Drawing upon a wide range of unpublished sources, including files from the recently-
released Foreign and Commonwealth Office'migrated archive', Fighting EOKA is the first full …

Insurgent movements have commonly re-located to isolated rural areas with weak state
presence where their security was guaranteed by a hostile environment to launch …

This study reviews recent sociological scholarship on empire and colonialism. The new
'imperial–colonial studies' in sociology is not a fully fledged subfield but an emerging space …

Anarchist Emma Goldman refers to 'those who have studied the character and personality'of
politically violent men as if such a group of scholars existed. It is not clear to whom Ms …

" Insurgent movements need a degree of popular support to survive in the medium to long
term. It's an insight long acknowledged and put into practice by both rebels and those tasked …

This introduction presents an overview of key concepts discussed in the subsequent
chapters of this book. The book explains the literature on diffusion dynamics of political …