The Political Economy of Terrorism | by Walter Enders | Todd Sandler | ‎ Cambridge University Press | ‎ English | ‎ 2nd Edition

Product description Review 'Professors Enders and Sandler are two of the most important scholars studying terrorism today, and the second edition of their book, The Political Economy of Terrorism, is an outstanding and in-depth overview of this subject, covering contributions from economics, political science, and related disciplines that I plan to use in my honors course on terrorism, counterterrorism, and weapons of mass destruction.' Michael D. Intriligator, University of California, Los Angeles'Long before terrorism became a fashionable field of academic study, Enders and Sandler contributed numerous dispassionate analyses emphasizing the choices terrorists (and governments) make given their objectives and payoffs from alternative options. Joining such game theory models with statistical investigations of terrorism and counterterrorism, the authors have brought together their best research with the findings of other leading scholars to produce a remarkably scientific study of terrorism and what to do about it.' Edward H. Kaplan, Yale University'There is perhaps no policy issue more in need of hard empirical evidence and objective analysis than terrorism. Walter Enders and Todd Sandler provide both in a comprehensive treatment that convincingly demonstrates that terrorists are often surprisingly rational while our approaches to terrorism are often less so.' Gary LaFree, Director, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), University of Maryland'Enders and Sandler remain among the very best social scientists doing systematic comparative study on terrorism. This new edition is an essential statement of contemporary theory, evidence, and policy implications.' Bruce Russett, Yale University Book Description This book analyzes all aspects of terrorism from the viewpoint of the government, terrorists and other interested participants. About the Author Walter Enders holds the Bidgood Chair of Economics and Finance at the University of Alabama. He has published numerous research articles in such journals as the Review of Economics and Statistics, Quarterly Journal of Economics, American Economic Review, Journal of Economics Literature, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics and the American Political Science Review. He is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Conflict Resolution. Dr Enders' Applied Econometric Time-Series is a leading book in the field. In 2003, he was the co-recipient with Todd Sandler of the National Academy of Sciences Award for Behavioral Research Relevant to the Prevention of Nuclear War.Todd Sandler is the Vibhooti Shukla Professor of Economics and Political Economy at the University of Texas at Dallas. He has written or edited twenty-one books, including Global Collective Action, Economic Concepts for the Social Sciences, The Political Economy of NATO (with Keith Hartley) and Global Challenges: An Approach to Economic, Political, and Environmental Problems, as well as more than two hundred journal articles in economics and political science. His work on terrorism dates back to 1983. Professors Enders and Sandler coauthored the first edition of this title. Read more