Inspiration and the Origins of Global Waves of Terrorism

Sedgwick, Mark

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“…Radicals invoke moral outrage by labeling the status quo as "unjust," "exploitative," "oppressive," or "heretical." 57 Ideology can help forge a new rebellious identity by appealing to symbols, narratives, mythologies, and rituals that give meaning to acts of personal risk and sacrifice. 58 These symbols and narratives give a sense of reenactment of the past where good triumphed over evil, framing victory as "inevitable."…”

Section: Ideologymentioning

confidence: 99%

The Radicalization Puzzle: A Theoretical Synthesis of Empirical Approaches to Homegrown Extremism

Hafez

Mullins

2015

Studies in Conflict & Terrorism

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Section: Ideologymentioning

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The Radicalization Puzzle: A Theoretical Synthesis of Empirical Approaches to Homegrown Extremism

Hafez

Mullins

2015

Studies in Conflict & Terrorism

228

159

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“…Theories of diffusion and contagion employ this logic (Hamilton & Hamilton, 1983;Midlarsky, Crenshaw, & Yoshida, 1980). Harrow (2008) describes a positive feedback loop whereby the factors necessary for terrorism are reproduced by terrorism, and Sedgwick (2007) argues that terrorist waves are primarily the result of copying existing terrorist models.…”

Section: Transnational Dynamics In Terrorismmentioning

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Transnational dynamics and Islamist terrorism in the West

Harrow

2010

Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict

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In most contemporary Islamist terrorist plots in the West, we suspect a transnational component. This study attempts to identify and quantify this component. The author has created a data set of Islamist terrorist attacks, and foiled and failed plots in the West as well as against Western targets outside the West, from 1989 to 2008. From similar findings in studies of left-wing terrorism of the 1960s and 1970s, a contagion effect from terrorism outside the West to inside the West is expected. Using ordinary least squares (OLS) regression, this paper finds a very strong relation between terrorism against Western targets abroad and terrorism in the West, with a 2-year time lag. This relation proves robust even when controlling for the effect of the two Gulf wars and the war in Afghanistan. Surprisingly, no statistically significant effect from these three wars can be identified on the level of terrorism in the West. Instead, the wars apparently had a significant effect on the level of terrorism against Western targets outside the West, thereby possibly indirectly affecting the level of Islamist terrorism in the West.

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“…Fox (2012) finds that religious cleavages have become the root cause of most domestic conflicts since the 1970s. Sedgwick (2007) maintains that it is not ideologies that cause terrorism; successful terrorist strategies rather inspire radical groups to try similar strategies. He corroborates the wave-like behavior of modern terrorism, but suggests an alternative periodization and labelling of the 6 four waves identified by Rapoport: the Italian wave (1820's -1940's), the German wave (1910's -1930's), the Chinese wave (1930's -1960's), and the Afghan wave (1970'spresent).…”

Section: Terrorism In Generalmentioning

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Suicide attacks and religious cleavages

2016

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Many experts claim that the incidence of suicide attacks is driven by religious cleavages. To test this hypothesis, we investigate whether the total number of suicide attacks per violent conflict or the annual number of suicide attacks per country is associated with simmering religious conflicts. We distinguish between two kinds of religious cleavages: cleavages at the macro level between the stake holders in violent conflicts and cleavages at the micro or battle field level between the actual perpetrators and victims of suicide attacks. Our results do not indicate that religious cleavages are an important precondition for the incidence of suicide attacks.JEL Classification: Z12, D74, H56, F51

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Inspiration and the Origins of Global Waves of Terrorism

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The Radicalization Puzzle: A Theoretical Synthesis of Empirical Approaches to Homegrown Extremism

The Radicalization Puzzle: A Theoretical Synthesis of Empirical Approaches to Homegrown Extremism

Transnational dynamics and Islamist terrorism in the West

Suicide attacks and religious cleavages

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