Terrorism, identity and legitimacy : the four waves theory and political violence / edited by Jean E. Rosenfeld.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the meaning of political violence / Jean E. Rosenfeld -- Looking for waves of terrorism / Karen Rasler and William R. Thompson -- Waves of international terrorism : an explanation of the process by which ideas flood the world / Dipak K. Gupta -- Technological and lone operator terrorism : prospects for a fifth wave of global terrorism / Jeffrey D. Simon -- David Rapoport and the study of religiously motivated terrorism / Jeffrey Kaplan -- Ripples in the waves : fantasies and fashions / Marc Sageman -- The fourth terrorism wave : is there a religious exception? / Michael Barkun -- The fourth wave : comparison of Jewish and other manifestations of religious terrorism / Ami Pedahzur and Arie Perliger -- Action, reaction, and overreaction : assessing the impact of terrorism upon states / John Mueller -- Backlash : reactions against terrorism studies / Leonard Weinberg and William Lee Eubank -- Before the bombs there were the mobs : American experiences with terror / David C. Rapoport -- The politics of collective identity : contested Israeli nationalisms / Myron J. Aronoff -- South Africa's paradox of violence and legitimacy / Barry M. Schutz -- Legitimacy, culture of political violence and violence of culture in Ethiopia / Negussay Ayele -- Contextual issues in the study of domestic violence : a Malawi case study / Ralph A. Young -- The myth of "institutional violence" / Ivan Strenski.