POLS 110 Chapter 23: Chapter 23 Notes
8 Nov 2016
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Cultural explanation: social changes associated with globalization and the spread of free market capitalism appear to overwhelm the identity of groups who perceive themselves as losers in the international system, this leads to cultural friction. Globalization, technology, and terrorism: technology associated with globalization has improved the capabilities of terrorist groups to operate with more devastation and coordination than before. Proselytizing: terrorists have increasing access to the internet and their ideas can be immortalized forever, there has also been an increase in the volume, range and sophistication of propaganda materials. Coordination: technology has allowed terrorist groups to mount coordinated attacks in different countries, allowed terrorists to operate independently at large distances from one another and still be in communication. Mobility: terrorist groups have gained mobility advantages due to the reduced size and increase capabilities of personal electronics, globalization and growing interconnectedness has allowed terrorists to move rapidly within and between borders which complicates efforts to track them.
