Rational extremism : the political economy of radicalism /

Main Author: Wintrobe, Ronald.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The problem of extremism
  • Social interactions, trust and group solidarity
  • Some illustrations and a general framework
  • The calculus of discontent
  • Can suicide bombing be rational?
  • Religion and suicide terror
  • Rational revolutions
  • Slobodan Milosevic and the fire of nationalism
  • "Jihad vs McWorld" revisited
  • Summary of propositions and policy implications.