Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 160
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Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-7425-5787-1 • Hardback • July 2009 • $121.00 • (£93.00)
978-0-7425-5788-8 • Paperback • September 2009 • $41.00 • (£35.00)
978-0-7425-5789-5 • eBook • July 2009 • $38.50 • (£30.00)
Jamal R. Nassar is dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, California State University, San Bernardino.
Introduction
Chapter 1: Globalization and Terrorism
Chapter 2: Terrorism and Its Root Causes
Chapter 3: Palestine
Chapter 4: Northern Ireland, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Conflicts
Chapter 5: Middle Eastern Islamist Terrorism
Chapter 6: Conclusion
In this [book], Nassar connects international terrorism with globalization, seeing them as linked through what he calls the migration of dreams and the migration of nightmares. His study, based on secondary sources as well as his own experiences growing up in Jerusalem in pre-1948 Palestine, offers details often missing in similar studies. (Previous Edition Praise)
— Journal of Palestine Studies
The book was written not only from the perspective of the dominant powers, but also from that of the dominated. Therefore, it has a more balanced perspective than books of this genre usually offer. Summing Up: Highly recommended. (Previous Edition Praise)
— Choice Reviews
This book represents an ambitious attempt to explore the relationship linking two of the most prominent, yet contested, concepts within contemporary international politics: globalization and terrorism. (Previous Edition Praise)
— Political Studies Review
Globalization and Terrorism is a difficult book, and a challenging and important one. It takes categories we are comfortable with and shows us their weaknesses and limitations, as well as the unexpected links between them: it provides a rich and reflective contribution to our understanding of both. (Previous Edition Praise)
— Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies, Columbia University
To connect globalization and terrorism so convincingly and imaginatively gives this book its originality. Globalization and Terrorism is invaluable as a check against unacceptable American innocence about the United States' role in the world. Readers will also gain insight into the rise of political violence in the Islamic world and elsewhere. Highly recommended. (Previous Edition Praise)
— Richard Falk, Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law Emeritus, Princeton University
In this exceptionally well-written work, Jamal Nassar has offered a humane meditation on some of the most important issues and enduring conflicts of our epoch. His insights will undoubtedly be of value to students and scholars alike. (Previous Edition Praise)
— Stephen Eric Bronner, Rutgers University
Offers a groundbreaking and humane explanation of the connection between globalization and terrorism
Written in clear, jargon-free language
Presents a new theoretical approach to understanding globalization and terrorism
Critiques Western narratives of terrorism
Includes case studies that link globalization and terrorism
Assesses how the global community can transform its current nightmares with terrorism into realistic dreams of peace and justice
New features
Adds case studies of the Iraq and Afghan wars
Updates of the case of Palestine, including Israel's recent election and war on Gaza
Incorporates the current global recession and assesses its impact on globalization and terrorism
Discusses the potential for future global relations under the Obama administration
Questions Western discourses on terrorism and Western media's failure to educate the public