Ami Pedahzur
University of Texas at Austin
Professor, Political Science
United States
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My Publications
Small Arms: Children and Terrorism. By Mia Bloom and John Horgan. Ithaca: Cornell Unive...
Perspectives on Politics
September 2020
Reconstructing the theater of terror
Small Wars and Insurgencies
July 2020
Political Science and Big Data: Structured Data, Unstructured Data, and How to Use Them
Political Science Quarterly
June 2020
Can We Do Better? Replication and Online Appendices in Political Science
Perspectives on Politics
May 2020
The Territories in Israeli Politics
October 2018
Israel
September 2018
The Israeli response to Jewish extremism and violence
July 2018
States in Disguise: Causes of State Support for Rebel Groups. By Belgin San-Akca. New Y...
Perspectives on Politics
November 2017
Suicide Terrorism Theories
October 2017
Evolution of Suicide Attacks
January 2017
POLICY CHANGE INCH BY INCH: POLICY ENTREPRENEURS IN THE HOLY BASIN OF JERUSALEM
Public Administration
August 2016
The Gap Between Participation and Violence: Why We Need to Disaggregate Terrorist ‘Prof...
International Studies Quarterly
January 2016
Against all odds – the paradoxical victory of the West Bank settlers: interest groups a...
Israel Affairs
June 2015
20. The Sinai Terrorist Attacks
December 2014
Counter Cultures, Group Dynamics and Religious Terrorism
Political Studies
December 2014
A Review of “Nonstate Actors in Intrastate Conflicts”
Nationalism and Ethnic Politics
April 2014
The Political Philosophy of Zionism: Trading Jewish Words for a Hebraic Land. By Eyal C...
Perspectives on Politics
December 2013
Under the Threat of Terrorism: A Reassessment of the Factors Influencing the Motivation...
September 2013
Comment on “Religious Violence in Judaism: Past and Present” by Gideon Aran and Ron E. ...
Terrorism and Political Violence
July 2013
Political Parties and Terrorist Groups
January 2013
Evolving Nationalism: Homeland, Identity, and Religion in Israel, 1925–2005. By Nadav G...
Perspectives on Politics
December 2012
The Triumph of Israel’s Radical Right
November 2012
A Response to Townes
Political Science and Politics
April 2011
Social Network Analysis in the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence
Political Science and Politics
January 2011
Two of a kind? Voting motivations for populist radical right and religious fundamentali...
Electoral Studies
December 2010
Much ado about religion: Religiosity, resource loss, and support for political violence
Journal of Peace Research
August 2010
Suicide Terrorism
Religion Compass
April 2010
Policing Terrorism in Israel
Criminal Justice and Behavior
November 2009
Terrorism, Economic Development and Political Openness. Edited by Philip Keefer and Nor...
Perspectives on Politics
February 2009
Political Parties and Terrorist Groups
November 2008
Politics of God or Politics of Man? The Role of Religion and Deprivation in Predicting ...
Political Studies
October 2007
Threatened by the uncontrollable: Psychological and socio-economic antecedents of socia...
International Journal of Intercultural Relations
July 2007
Manufacturing Human Bombs: The Making of Palestinian Suicide Bombers ? By Mohammed M. H...
Political Psychology
June 2007
I versus We
Armed Forces & Society
May 2007
Victimization from Terrorist Attacks: Randomness or Routine Activities?
Terrorism and Political Violence
December 2006
Coping with Suicide Attacks: Lessons from Israel
Public Money & Management
November 2006
Root Causes of Suicide Terrorism
September 2006
Under the Threat of Terrorism: A Reassessment of the Factors Influencing the Motivation...
Israel Affairs
July 2006
The Changing Nature of Suicide Attacks: A Social Network Perspective
Social Forces
June 2006
Democratic attitudes among high-school pupils: The role played by perceptions of class ...
School Effectiveness and School Improvement
March 2006
The Defensive Dimension of the Battle against Terrorism - An Analysis of Management of ...
Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
June 2005
Whose Victory? An Empirical Analysis of the Popular Votes for the Right-wing Camp in th...
Israel Affairs
December 2004
Religious Fundamentalism and Political Extremism
November 2004
Religious Fundamentalism and Political Extremism
Nova Religio
November 2004
An alternative approach for defining the boundaries of ‘party families’: examples from ...
Australian Journal of Political Science
July 2004
Religious fundamentalism and the extreme right-wing camp in Israel
Patterns of Prejudice
June 2004
Toward an Analytical Model of Suicide Terrorism—A Comment
Terrorism and Political Violence
January 2004
Introduction
Totalitarian Movements & Political Religions
December 2003
The Uniqueness of Islamic fundamentalism and the fourth wave of international terrorism
Totalitarian Movements & Political Religions
December 2003
The social and religious characteristics of suicide bombers and their victims
Terrorism and Political Violence
October 2003
The causes of vigilante political violence: The case of Jewish settlers
Civil Wars
September 2003
altruism and fatalism: the characteristics of palestinian suicide terrorists
Deviant Behavior
July 2003
Contributory factors to Political Xenophobia in a multi-cultural society:
International Journal of Intercultural Relations
May 2003
The potential role of "pro-democratic civil society' in responding to extreme right-win...
Contemporary Politics
March 2003
Israel at the Polls, 1996, edited by Daniel J. Elazar and Shmuel Sandler. London and Po...
Middle East Studies Association Bulletin
January 2003
The Israeli Response to Jewish Extremism and Violence
October 2002
The War on Terrorism and the Decline of Terrorist Group Formation: A Research Note
Terrorism and Political Violence
September 2002
Israel's National Security Doctrine under Strain: The Crisis of the Reserve Army
Armed Forces & Society
January 2002
THE EFFECTS OF CONTEXTUAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL VARIABLES ON EXTREME RIGHT-WING SENTIMENTS
Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal
January 2002
The Institutionalization of Extreme Right-wing Charismatic Parties: a Paradox?
Party Politics
January 2002
The paradox of civic education in non-liberal democracies: the case of Israel
Journal of Education Policy
October 2001
Democracy without environmental parties: The Israeli experience
Contemporary Politics
September 2001
Struggling with the Challenges of Right-Wing Extremism and Terrorism within Democratic ...
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
September 2001
Modern European Democracy and Its Enemies: The Threat of the Extreme Right
Totalitarian Movements & Political Religions
June 2001
A Tertiary Model for Countering Terrorism in Liberal Democracies: The Case of Israel
Terrorism and Political Violence
June 2001
Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel, by Israel Shahak and Norton Mezvinsky. (Pluto Middle E...
Middle East Studies Association Bulletin
January 2001
The Transformation of Israel's Extreme Right
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
January 2001
State, policy, and political violence: Arabs in the Jewish state
Civil Wars
December 2000
The downfall of the national camp?
Israel Affairs
December 2000
Supporting conditions for the survival of extreme right‐wing parties in Israel
Mediterranean Politics
September 2000
The attractiveness of the seemingly unattractive: An Israeli case
Local Government Studies
September 2000
Hatred by Hated People: Xenophobia in Israel
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
May 1999