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1 online resource (338 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). Clandestine Political Violence compares four types of clandestine political violence: left-wing (in Italy and Germany), right-wing (in Italy), ethnonationalist (in Spain) and religious fundamentalist (in Islamist clandestine organizations). Oriented toward theory building, Della Porta develops her own definition of clandestine political violence. Building on the most recent developments in social movement studies, Della Porta proposes an original interpretative model. Using a unique research design, she singles out some common causal mechanisms at the onset, during the persistence and at the demise of clandestine political violence. The development of the phenomenon is located within the interactions among social movements, countermovements and the state. She pays particular attention to the ways different actors cognitively construct the reality they act upon. Based on original empirical research as well as existing research in many languages, this book is rich in empirical evidence on some of the most crucial cases of clandestine political violence. Donatella della Porta. Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). Political violence Violence JC328.6 .D445 2013 332.4/2 9781139043144 (ebook) http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139043144 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139043144 UkCbUP 110302 20180107143416.0 CR9781139043144