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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Wintrobe, Ronald. Rational extremism. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006 (DLC) 2005031821 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Ronald Wintrobe |
ISBN: | 0511250037 9780511250033 9780511250545 0511250541 0511247893 9780511247897 9780511511028 0511511027 9780521859646 0521859646 9781107167469 1107167469 |
OCLC Number: | 252531263 |
Description: | 1 online resource (x, 286 pages) : illustrations |
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. |
Responsibility: | Ronald Wintrobe. |
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Review of the hardback: 'The work that Ronald Wintrobe offers us is dense, original, and at times, provocative. He forces us to question his arguments instead of reading them passively. ... Rational Extremism gives us ideas and allows us to connect it with the most advanced studies in the field of the contemporary social sciences. It is the hallmark of great books.' Societal Read more...

