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Defining Terrorism


The Definition of Terrorism

Terror tactics have always been used as means to an end (Crenshaw 1987, 13) and have been fairly effective in helping the terrorists to achieve their political ...

Terrorism Definition UK - What is Terrorism? - Educate Against Hate

The aim of the Prevent strategy is to reduce the threat to the UK from terrorism by stopping people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. This guidance ...

Understanding definitions of terrorism - European Parliament

Together, these provide a catalogue of terrorist acts or those facilitating terrorism – including hijacking of civilian airplanes, hostage-taking, nuclear ...

When it comes to defining 'terrorism,' there is no consensus - PBS

Since former President George Bush declared the War on Terror after the September 11 attacks in 2001, people might only see terrorists as ...

How to use this guide - Terrorism - Library Guides - Penn State

How will your choice of terms affect your search? Do you need to use a more specific term (domestic terrorism, ecoterrorism, cyberterrorism).

The Challenges of Conceptualizing Terrorism

See, for example, Boaz Ganor, ''Defining Terrorism: Is One Man's Terrorist Another. Man's Freedom Fighter?'' Annual Editions: Violence and Terrorism 03/04 ( ...

18 U.S. Code § 2331 - Definitions - Law.Cornell.Edu

the term “international terrorism” means activities that—. (A). involve ... specially designated global terrorist (as such term is defined in section ...

Defining Terrorism. - Anne Schwenkenbecher - PhilArchive

Keywords. Terrorism War Defining terrorism Political violence State terror. Reprint years. Analytics. Added to PP 2016-09-25. Downloads 2,037 (#5,293) 6 months

Defining Terrorism - the Prosecution Project

At the origin of terrorism stands terror, instilled fear, dread, panic or mere anxiety – spread among those identifying, or sharing similarities, with the ...

Problem of Defining Terrorism under International Law: Definition by ...

Politicians, legal scholars, and human right activists often have diverging ideas as to what constitute terrorism and who terrorists are (OHCHR Factsheet No. 32) ...

View of Defining and Theorizing Terrorism: A Global Actor-Centered ...

ACTORS, LEGITIMACY AND TERRORISM: IS 'TERROR' THE DEFINING FEATURE OF TERRORISM? Most definitions of terrorism attempt to characterize the phenomenon by ...

Defining Terrorism - Law of War

Reiterates that criminal acts intended or calculated to provoke a state of terror in the general public, a group of persons or particular persons for political ...

Defining Terrorism - Research Guides

International terrorism: Perpetrated by individuals and/or groups inspired by or associated with designated foreign terrorist organizations or ...

Scott C. Lowe, Defining Terrorism - PhilPapers

Michael Baur - 2006 - In Kem Crimmins & Herbert De Vriese (eds.), The Reason of Terror: Philosophical Responses to Terrorism. Peeters. pp. 3-32. Terrorism ...

How to Define Terrorism - jstor

Europe in those days terrorism had nothing to do with mass terror, and its exponents were proud of the label 'terrorist'. In America and Ireland, on the other ...

The Evolution of Terrorism as a Legal Concept in International Law ...

This Article examines the evolution of the definition of terrorism at international law and tests the widely held view that international law does not p...

Defining Terrorism: how Ambiguous Definitions and Vague ...

This article discusses the difficulties surrounding terrorist threat classification and how it perplexes our understanding of terrorism and counterterrorism.

How the West Can Win, P 7-15, 1986, Benjamin Netanyahu, ed ...

This paper presents and discusses definitions of terrorism and notes the increase in State-supported terrorist activity. Abstract. The formal definition, ...

Defining "Terrorism" - Jewish Virtual Library

The old adage, "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter" is still very much alive and well today. Listed below are several definitions of terrorism ...

Defining Terrorism | Connections: The Quarterly Journal

5. Some authorities tend to label all forms of violence by militant groups as terrorism, once a group has been designated a terrorist organization. 6. Some ...