PSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Thomas Schelling, Religious Fanaticism, Liberal Democracy
1 Nov 2016
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Terrorism involves the use of violence by an organization other than a national government to cause intimidation or fear among a target audience: has two purposes to gain supporters and to coerce opponents, demonstrative terrorism. Directed mainly at gaining publicity, for any or all of three reasons: To gain attention to grievances from soft-liners on the other side. To gain attention from third parties who might exert pressure on the other side: destructive terrorism. More aggressive, seeking to coerce opponents as well as mobilize support for the cause. Seek to inflict real harm on members of the target audience at the risk of losing sympathy for their cause: suicide terrorism. Pursuing coercion even at the expense of losing support among the terrorists" own community. What distinguishes a suicide terrorist is that the attacker does not expect to survive a mission and often employs a method of attack that requires the attacker"s death in order to succeed.
