Problem
Terrorism
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Terrorists Nature:
Terrorism can be defined as (a) indiscriminate military violence or as (b) indiscriminate military violence by non-state organizations such as revolutionary movements or resistance or, as it is usually understood, as (c) use of terror as a political or military instrument. Because of the disagreements over who is a terrorist, there has been only feeble international cooperation on dealing with terrorism.
Background:
Terrorism is a socially constructed notion that is continuously renegotiated at the political level. It is almost a truism that one person's terrorist is another person's freedom fighter. Terrorism is generally defined as the symbolic use of actual violence, for political reasons, against non-military targets. By symbolic use, scholars of terrorism suggest that terrorism is successful when its message reaches a large public, much larger than the circle of those actually harmed by it.
Broader Problems:
IntimidationCivil violencePolitical crimeGuerrilla warfarePolitical violenceInternational insecurityOffences against human security Narrower Problems:
SabotageKidnappingAir terrorismNarco-terrorismUrban terrorismTerrorist bombingNuclear terrorismAmateur terroristsSuicide terroristsReligious terrorismIntellectual terrorismAnimal rights terrorismPolitical assassinationTerrorist chemical attacksTerrorist chemical attacksTerrorism targeted against touristsTerrorist attacks on cultural heritageState-supported international terrorismViolence by fanatical environmentalistsBioterrorismTerrorism targeted against business corporations Related Problems:
AssassinationSecurity risk peopleFourth generation warfare Aggravates:
Human deathExtraterritorial abduction Reduced By:
InformersValues:
Terror References:
Wardlaw, Grant: Political Terrorism: theory, tactics and counter-measuresEvron, Y: International Violence: terrorism, surprise and controlChomsky, Noam: Pirates and Emperors: international terrorism in the real worldHerman, Edward S: Real Terror Network: terrorism in fact and propagandaChand, Attar: Terrorism, Political Violence and Security of Nations: a global survey of socio-political, legal and economic aspects of national, regional and international terrorismJanke, Peter and Sim, Richard: Guerrilla and Terrorist Organizations: a world directory and bibliographyWolf, John B: Fear of Fear: a survey of terrorist operationsMicklous, Edward F and Flemming, Peter A: Terrorism Nineteen Eighty to Nineteen Eighty-Seven: a selectively annotated bibliographyBurton, John: Deviance, Terrorism and WarTrager, Oliver C: Fighting Terrorism: negotiation or retaliation ?Lakos, Amos: International Terrorism: a bibliographyO'Sullivan, Noel: Terrorism, Ideology and Revolution: the origins of modern political violenceHan, Henry H: Terrorism, Political Violence and World OrderOntiveros, Suzanne R: Global Terrorism: a historical bibliographyO'Neill, Michael J: Terrorist Spectaculars: should TV coverage be curbed ?Dobson, Christopher and Payne, Ronald: Counterattack: the West's battle against the terroristsOchberg, Frank M: Victims of TerrorismSzumski, Bonnie: Terrorism: opposing viewpoints serWilcox, Laird: Terrorism, Assassination, Espionage and Propaganda: a master bibliographyLodge, Juliet: The Threat of Terrorism: combating political violence in EuropeCrelinsten, Ronald and Schmid, Alex: Western Responses to TerrorismPapal Encyclical: Sollicitudo Rei Socialis: On Social Concerns Subject(s):
Defence → Espionage, subversionProblem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
20.05.2019 – 16:24 CEST