Today a billion people, including about 340 million of the world's extreme poor, are estimated to live in 'fragile states'. This group of low-income countries are often trapped in cycles of conflict and poverty, which make them acutely vulnerable to a range of shocks and crises.This engaging book defines and clarifies what we mean by fragile states, examining their characteristics in relation to "weak" and "failed" states in the global system, and explaining their development from ...

Terrorism and crime are two areas of knowledge that have traditionally been looked at independently. In this timely and original text, two of the leading authors in the field provide a clear and thorough look at terrorism from a criminological perspective.Integrating the latest research, the book explores the motives of criminals and terrorists, the causes of crime and terrorism and the impact of the law and the legal system. Central to this exploration, the authors examine the nex...

1, 9, 11, 20, 300 und 2020! Diese Zahlen spielen in jeder einzelnen Geschichte eine tragende Rolle. Warum? Weil genau das die Aufgabe war, die der Verleger seinen Autoren stellte. Dabei durften sie es sich nicht so einfach machen, 9 Raumgleiter durchs Jahr 2020 fliegen zu lassen. Warum er genau diese Zahlenfolge wählte, wissen wir nicht. Wir können nur sagen, dass die Autoren in diesem Buch sich der Herausforderung stellten und die Vorgabe auf unterschiedlichste Art und Weise meisterten. H...

Discussions about the meaning of terrorism are enduring in everyday language, government policy, news reporting, and international politics. And disagreements about both the definition and the class of violent events that constitute terrorism contribute to the difficulty of formulating effective responses aimed at the prevention and management of the threat of terrorism and the development of counterterrorism policies. Constructions of Terrorism collects works from the leading sch...

Die Storys, wie immer vom Feinsten: * Tino Falke: Im Bärental * T. Elling: Die letzte Jungfrau * Tom Turtschi: Die Pinocchio-Abteilung * J. A. Hagen: Das Ebenbild * Moritz Greenman: Spiegelzeit * Uwe Post: … und mir wird nichts mangeln * Frank Hebben: Am letzten Tag * Norbert Stöbe: Expedition 13b/Regalis * Peter Stohl: Keine Maßnahmen erforderlich * Martin Wambsganß: Geifer Mit einer Gaststory aus Kanada von * Louis B. Shalako: Anna Der Sekundärteil mit dem Schwerpunkt Simulationshypothes...

This volume evaluates the state of the art in conflict studies. Original chapters by leading scholars survey theoretical and empirical research on the origins, processes, patterns, and consequences of most forms and contexts of political conflict, protest, repression, and rebellion. Contributors examine key pillars of conflict studies, including civil war, religious conflict, ethnic conflict, transnational conflict, terrorism, revolution, genocide, climate change, and several investigation...

Featuring stories from R.L. Stine and Madeleine Roux, thismiddle grade horror anthology, curated by NewYork Times bestselling author and master of macabre Jonathan Maberry, is achilling tribute to Alvin Schwartz’s ScaryStories to Tell in the Dark.Flesh-hungry ogres? Brains full of spiders? Hauntedhouses you can’t escape? This collection of 35 terrifying stories from theHorror Writers Association has it all...