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Critically evaluate the argument that foreign fighters are “non-indigenous, non-territorialized combatants who, motivated by religion, kinship, and/or ideology enter a conflict zone in order to participate in hostilities”?
Discuss about terrorism and political violence in international law ethics and politics.
What terrorists want: understanding the terrorist threat – Book by Louise Richardson
2006
Clandestine political violence – Book by Donatella Della Porta 2013
The terrorism reader: a historical anthology – Book by Yonah Alexander; Walter Laqueur 1987
Terrorism: critical concepts in political science, Volume 1: The first or anarchist wave – Book by David C. Rapoport 2006
The Nature of Modern Terrorism in The Political Quarterly – Article by John Gearson 2002
Building “Terrorism Studies” as an Interdisciplinary Space: Addressing Recurring Issues in the Study of Terrorism in Terrorism and Political Violence – Article by Mark Youngman 2020
The Challenges of Conceptualizing Terrorism in Terrorism and Political Violence – Article by LEONARD WEINBERG; AMI PEDAHZUR; SIVAN HIRSCH-HOEFLER 2004
What is terrorism – Richard English, Terrorism: How to Respond (Oxford: OUP, 2009), pp.1-26.
Chapter One, ‘What is Terrorism?’
The Psychology of Terrorism: “Syndrome” Versus “Tool” Perspectives in Terrorism and Political Violence – Article by Arie W. Kruglanski; Shira Fishman 07/2006
Exploring the “Root Causes” of Terrorism in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism – Article by Edward Newman 12/2006
The Psychology of Terrorism: “Syndrome” Versus “Tool” Perspectives in Terrorism and Political Violence – Article by Arie W. Kruglanski; Shira Fishman 07/2006
A Genealogy of Radical Islam in Studies in conflict and terrorism – Article by Quintan Wiktorowicz 2005
The Contribution of Social Movement Theory to Understanding Terrorism in Sociology Compass – Article by Colin Beck 2008
Al-Qaeda Doctrine – Book by Donald Holbrook 31/07/2014
Foreign Fighters and the Case of Chechnya: A Critical Assessment in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism – Article by Cerwyn Moore; Paul Tumelty 2008
Foreign Bodies: Transnational Activism, the Insurgency in the North Caucasus and “Beyond” – Article by Cerwyn Moore
The Rise of Muslim Foreign Fighters: Islam and the Globalization of Jihad in International Security – Article by Thomas Hegghammer 2010/11
The Myth of Grassroots Terrorism: Why Osama Bin Laden still matters in Foreign Affairs – Article by Bruce Hoffman 2008
The Reality of Grassroots Terrorism in Foreign Affairs – Article by Marc Sageman; Bruce Hoffman 2008
Further resources:
della Porta, D. Clandestine Political Violence, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
della Porta, D & Diani, M. (eds.) Social Movements: An Introduction, 2nd Edition, London: Blackwell, 2014
Edwards, G. Social Movements and Protest, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Gerges, F. The Far Enemy: Why Jihad Went Global, Cambridge: CUP, 2005.
Hegghammer, T & Lacroix, S. (2007) ‘Islamism in Saudi Arabia: The Story of Juhayman Al-ʿutaybi Revisited’, International Journal of Middle East Studies, 39(1): 103-122.
Holbrook, D. Al-Qaeda 2.0: A Critical Reader, London: Hurst & Co, 2017.
Kepel, G. Jihad: On the Trail of Political Islam, London: I.B.Tauris, 2004. Chapters, 9-1
Wiktorowicz, Q. (2006) Anatomy of the Salafi Movement, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 29(3): 207-239.
Wiktorowicz, Q. (ed.) Islamic Activism: A Social Movement Theory Approach Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2005.
Bjorgo, T. (ed.) Root Causes of Terrorism: Myths, Reality, and Ways Forward, London: Routledge, 2005.
Corner, E & Gill, P. (2018) ‘The nascent empirical literature on psychopathology and terrorism’, World Psychiatry 17(2): 147-148.
Crenshaw, C. ‘How Terrorists Think: What Psychology Can Contribute to Understanding Terrorism’, Terrorism: Roots, Impact, Responses, London: Praeger, 1992.
Horgan, J. The Psychology of Terrorism, London: Routledge, 2014.
Juergensmeyer, M. Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence, Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003.
Piazza, J. (2006) ‘Rooted in Poverty?: Terrorism, Poor Economic Development, and Social Cleavages’, Terrorism and Political Violence, 18(1): 159-177.
Richardson, L. ‘What Causes Terrorism’, What Terrorists Want: Understanding Terrorist Threat, London: John Murray, 2006. Chapter. 3.
Silke, A. (ed.) Terrorists, Victims and Society: Psychological Perspectives on Terrorism and its Consequences, London: Wiley, 2003.
Richard English, Does Terrorism Work? A History, Oxford: OUP, 2016.
Richard English, ‘What is Terrorism?’, Terrorism: How to Respond, Oxford: OUP, 2010. Chapter.1.
Bart Schuurman (2019) Topics in terrorism research: reviewing trends and gaps, 2007-2016, Critical Studies on Terrorism, 12:3, 463-480.
Bart Schuurman (2020) Research on Terrorism, 2007–2016: A Review of Data, Methods, and Authorship, Terrorism and Political Violence, 32:5, 1011-1026.
Brian Jenkins, ‘Terrorism: A Contemporary Problem with Age-Old Dilemmas’, Lawrence Howard (ed.) Terrorism: Roots, Impact, Responses, London: Praeger, 1992. Chapter. 1.
Andrew Silke, ‘An Introduction to Terrorism Research’, Research on Terrorism: Trends, Achievements and Failures, London: Frank Cass, 2004. Chapter. 1.
John Horgan, ‘Understanding Terrorism’, The Psychology of Terrorism, London: Routledge, 2014. Chapter. 2.
Andrew Silke, ‘The Devil You Know: Continuing Problems with Research on Terrorism’, Research on Terrorism: Trends, Achievements and Failures, London: Frank Cass, 2004. Chapter. 2.
Marc Sageman (2014) The Stagnation of Terrorism Research’, Terrorism and Political Violence, 26:4, 565-580.
Max Taylor (2014) If I Were You, I Wouldn’t Start From Here: Response to Marc Sageman’s “The Stagnation in Terrorism Research”‘, Terrorism
and Political Violence, 26: 4, 581-586.
Andrew Silke & Jennifer Schmidt-Petersen (2017) The Golden Age? What the 100 Most Cited Articles in Terrorism Studies Tell Us, Terrorism and Political Violence, 29:4, 692-712
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