POLSCI 1G06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Solomon Judah Loeb Rapoport, List Of Doonesbury Characters, Aum Shinrikyo
15 May 2016
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Political science 1g06 2016 ii lecture 8a international terrorism. Can we define terrorism in an objective way: there are those that argue that it is an ideological label; rhetorical tool that politicians use to bring a negative connotation to other political groups. Can we explain terrorism as a social scientific phenomenon: it is not restricted just to 9/11, the acts that we can identify as terrorism change. What were/are the consequences of the war on terror : was the american war on terror a reasonable policy response to 9/11, military response invasion of iraq & afghanistan, drone strikes, etc. A necessary first step before analyzing terrorism is to define it. There is a politics associated with defining terrorism: book political terrorism 1988 surveyed experts in the field (100) & asked for their definitions. There are clear parallels between state violence and terrorist violence.
