Combatting Jihadist Terrorism through Nation-Building, 1st ed. 2019
A Quality-of-Life Perspective
Human Well-Being Research and Policy Making Series

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This book focuses on the drivers of Jihadist terrorism and explains how a better understanding of these drivers can lead to more effective counterterrorism policies all over the world. It builds on results of the extensive body of quality of life studies to document the historical, geo-political, economic, religious, cultural and media drivers of Jihadist terrorism. Guided by a major theme this book shows that the significant gains we have made in combatting Jihadist terrorism are not enough, but that we need to embrace a much broader and comprehensive view of the antecedents and the sustaining enablers of this threat to help guide any sustainable efforts. It proposes interventions designed to effectively treat the causes of this insidious disease. This book is of great interest to new media, policy makers concerned about national security as well as people and academic scholars whose research interest involves conflict and conflict resolution, religious studies, terrorism and counterterrorism, Islamic history, and Islamic geo-politics.

Part 1: Introduction.- Chapter  1. The Framework.- Part 2: History of Antagonism Between Islam and Judeo-Christianity.- Chapter 2. Islam vs Christianity and Judaism: Historical Perspective from 632-1946.- Chapter 3. Post Colonial Islam and the State of Islamic Social Progress Following the Establishment of the State of Israel in 1947.- Part 3: Drivers of Islamic-Driven Terrorism.- Chapter 4. Economic Drivers.- Chapter 5. Cultural Drivers and Increasing Religiosity.- Chapter 6. Political Drivers, Globalization, and the Media.- Part 4: Western Response to Islamic Terrorism.- Chapter 7. Current Response: Counterterrorism Strategies Focusing on the Supply Side of the Terrorism Market.- Chapter 8. Proposed Response: Counterterrorism Strategies Focusing on the Demand Side of the Terrorism Market.- Appendix A. Major Acts of Islamic Terrorist in the West since 2000.- Appendix B. Supplemental Readings.


M. Joseph Sirgy is a management psychologist (Ph.D., U. Massachusetts, 1979) and Virginia Tech Real Estate Professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). He has published extensively in the area of well-being and quality of life (QOL). He is the author/editor of many books related to quality of life. He co-founded the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS) in 1995, served as its Executive Director/Treasurer from 1995 to 2011 and as Development Director (2011-17). In 1998, he received the Distinguished Fellow Award from ISQOLS. In 2003, ISQOLS honored him as the Distinguished QOL Researcher for research excellence and a record of lifetime achievement in QOL research. In 2010, ISQOLS honored him for excellence and lifetime service to the society. In 2012 he was awarded the EuroMed Management Research Award for outstanding achievements and groundbreaking contributions to well-being and quality-of-life research.

Richard J. Estes, Professor of Social Work and Social Policy, University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice, Philadelphia, A.B., La Salle University (Philadelphia); Master of Social Work, University of Pennsylvania;  Doctor of Social Welfare, University of California at Berkeley; and post-master’s Certificate in Psychiatric Social Work, the Menninger Foundation, Topeka, Kansas. Dr. Estes specializes in international and comparative social welfare, social policy, and social development.  His books include The Social Progress of Nations, 1984; Trends in World Social Development, 1988; Health Care and the Social Services,1984; Towards a Social Development Strategy for the Asia and Pacific Region (with Edward Van Roy), 1992; Social Development in Hong Kong: The Unfinished Agenda, 2005; The Medical, Legal and Social Science Aspects of Child Sexual Exploitation (with Sharon Cooper and others), 2005, 2007;&

Provides an overview of the historical, geo-political, economic, religious, cultural and media drivers of Jihadist terrorism

Explores the range of approaches that have been used to combat Islamic terrorism

Identifies effective and ineffective counterterrorism strategies based on this analysis