Economic consequences of terrorism in developed and developing countries : an overview / Walter Enders and Todd Sandler -- The costs of responding to the terrorist threat : the U.S. case / Gregory F. Treverton ... [et al.] -- From (no) butter to guns? understanding the economic role in...

Emphasising a positive approach to dealing with terrorism (the carrot), this book provides a critique of deterrence policy (the stick) which can be ineffective and even counterproductive, and proposes three alternative and effective anti-terrorist policies: Decentralisation reduces vulnerability...

All societies must deal with the possibility of violence, and they do so in different ways. This study integrates the problem of violence into a larger social science and historical framework, showing how economic and political behavior are closely linked ...