These articles were carefully chosen to complement the subject matter of each chapter and to provide the most relevant research material.

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Daniel Bar-Tal offers a conceptual framework for understanding intractable conflicts. Randy Blazak reports research on the targeted recruitment of youths by American hate groups. Brian Burgoon investigates the impact of social welfare policies on the causes of terrorism. Dietrich discusses how the implementation of anti-terrorism policies may increase the risk of provoking increased resistance. Examining the case of U.S. neo-Nazi subcultures, Mark Hamm discusses subcultural conditions which make terrorism possible. Israel Michael’s article explores the ideological concept of free speech within the context of “assaultive” speech that offers little value to social discourse. Lauderdale and Oliverio’s essay summarizes the necessity for critical discussions on the subject of terrorism. Research on the effect of online hate group activity on adolescents is discussed by Elissa Lee and Laura Leets. Piazza examines the relationship between poverty and terrorism, and possible association with minority economic discrimination. Sandler reviews the analytical study of terrorism within the context that all participants are rational actors. In a second contribution, Sandler also identifies the main contributions of empirical and theoretical literature on terrorism. Amartya Sen critically examines how the theories of the culture of societies and theories of political economy of power and inequality explain violence in global society. Tessler and Robbins explore why terrorist violence against the United States garners some sympathy among some members of the Arab populace. Wade and Reiter conduct quantitative tests on the hypothesis that a relationship exists between regime type and suicide terrorism. The association between mental illness and terrorist violence is reviewed by Watherston and Moran.

Journal Article 1: Bar-Tal, Daniel. 2007. “Sociopsychological Foundations of Intractable Conflicts.” American Behavioral Scientist 50:11.

Journal Article 2: Blazak, Randy. 2001. “White Boys to Terrorist Men: Target Recruitment of Nazi Skinheads.” American Behavioral Scientist 44:6.

Journal Article 3: Burgoon, Brian. 2006. “On Welfare and Terror: Social Welfare Policies and Political-Economic Roots of Terrorism.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 50:2.

Journal Article 4: Dietrich, Franz. 2014. “Anti-Terrorism Policies and the Risk of Provoking.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 26:3.

Journal Article 5: Hamm, Mark S. 2004. “Apocalyptic Violence: The Seduction of Terrorist Subcultures.” Theoretical Criminology 8:3.

Journal Article 6: Israel, Michael. 1999. “Hate Speech and the First Amendment.” Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 15:1.

Journal Article 7: Lauderdale, Pat and Anamarie Oliverio. 2005. “Introduction: Critical Perspectives on Terrorism.” International Journal of Comparative Sociology 46:1–2.

Journal Article 8: Lee, Elissa and Laura Leets. 2002. “Persuasive Storytelling by Hate Groups Online: Examining its Effects on Adolescents.” American Behavioral Scientist 45:6.

Journal Article 9: Piazza, James A. 2011. “Poverty, Minority Economic Discrimination, and Domestic Terrorism.” Journal of Peace Research 48.

Journal Article 10: Sandler, Todd. 2013. “The Analytical Study of Terrorism: Taking Stock.” Journal of Peace Research.

Journal Article 11: Sandler, Todd. 2011. “New frontiers of Terrorism Research: An Introduction.” Journal of Peace Research 48.

Journal Article 12: Sen, Amaryta. 2008. “Violence, Identity and Poverty.” Journal of Peace Research 45.

Journal Article 13: Tessler, Mark and Michael D.H. Robbins. 2007. “What Leads Some Ordinary Arab Men and Women to Approve of Terrorist Acts Against the United States?” Journal of Conflict Resolution 51:2.

Journal Article 14: Wade, Sara Jackson and Dan Reiter. 2007. “Does Democracy Matter? Regime Type and Suicide Terrorism.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 51:2.

Journal Article 15: Watherston, David and Jonathan Moran. 2003. “Terrorism and Mental Illness: Is There a Relationship?” International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 47:6.