Terrorism and the Politics of Social Change: A Durkheimian Analysis
The main idea of Terrorism and the Politics of Social Change is that sociology has something important to add to our understanding of terrorism. Dingley argues this point well, grounding it in a classical approach to sociology that takes seriously “structure, system and function” (p. 1). But the mes...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2012
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2012, Volume: 54, Issue: 1, Pages: 132-134 |
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| Summary: | The main idea of Terrorism and the Politics of Social Change is that sociology has something important to add to our understanding of terrorism. Dingley argues this point well, grounding it in a classical approach to sociology that takes seriously “structure, system and function” (p. 1). But the message of the book is somewhat compromised by what may be perceived as Dingley's insensitive use of language., Dingley sets his study in the context of contemporary academic work on terrorism, which, he observes, is dominated by scholars in the fields of political science and international relations. |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csr127 |