Muro When Does Terrorism Work?

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-317-30097-7
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 194 Seiten

Reihe: Extremism and Democracy

From ISIS to Canada or France, terrorism continues to dominate headlines and international politics. But far more has been written about the definition and causes of terrorism than about its effectiveness as a method of bringing about political change. Debates about the effectiveness of terrorist methods have begun to emerge prominently in recent years.

Whereas targets and victims of terrorism maintain that terrorism does not work, its practitioners and apologists claim that it does. The field is also divided, with scholars arguing that terrorism is a useful tactic in creating a sense of empowerment and political mobilization and others contending that terrorists have little to show for their efforts except for fleeting attention and evanescent publicity. But if terrorism is so ineffective, why has it persisted for centuries and indeed become an increasingly popular means of violent expression in the 21st century?

This book will reflect on why the issue of terrorism’s effectiveness is so important, why it has so far proved difficult to answer it satisfactorily in the scholarly field, how we might better frame our approach to the subject in the future, and what a persuasive answer to this vital question might actually look like in practice. This book will be of interest to students, scholars and practitioners working in the areas of political science, international relations and terrorism studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Muro, Diego

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Foreword Martha Crenshaw 2. Introduction Diego Muro 3. Terrorism Works in Theory, But Not in Practice Max Abrahms 4. When Terrorism Works: Explaining Success and Failure Across Varying Targets and Objectives Peter Krause 5. Does Terrorism Provoke State Repression? Britain and France facing transnational Jihad Frank Foley 6. Emotion, the State, and the Effectiveness of Ethno-nationalist Terrorism Kieran McConaghy 7. Abstaining from Terror: The Puzzling Case of Repression and Resistance in Western Sahara Christian Leuprecht & Matthew Porges 8. Rules of Disengagement: Individual and Collective Ways Out of Terrorism Diego Muro 9. Does Terrorism Work? The Case of the Red Brigades Alessandro Orsini 10. Violence as a path to power in Latin America since 1959. The Salvadoran and Uruguayan cases Eduardo Rey Tristán & Alberto Martín Álvarez

Über Autor(innen)

Diego Muro is Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics at the Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI) at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF).