The book provides an explanation of how movements which use terrorism decline by drawing on social movement theories, using the case of Irish Republicanism as an example which can be applied to other movements.

Introduction: Waves of Terrorism and Morphogenesis

1. A Social Movement Approach

2. The Irish Republican Movement

3. Framing Disengagement

4. The Disengagement Domino-Effect

5. The Next Generation

Conclusion: Social Movement De-Radicalisation

Gordon Clubb is Lecturer in International Security at the University of Leeds, UK, and Director of the Terrorism and Political Violence Association.