Can terrorism become a scientific discipline? A diagnostic study

Critical Studies on Terrorism

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 437-458

  Gordon, Avishag ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Conferences; Disciplinary status; Fragmentation; Meta information; Multiparadigmatic; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960914970     PISSN: 17539153     EISSN: 17539161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17539153.2010.521644     Document Type: Article

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