She says their definition of terrorism is fairly inclusive. For an act to be considered terrorism, it has to be an intentional act or threat of violence that also meets two of three additional stipulations.
Those stipulations are that it has to be an act aimed at attaining a political, economic or religious goal; a violent act intended to coerce, intimidate or convey a larger message; and an act that precepts laws about armed conflicts. Using a broader definition makes it easier for people to search the database for specific criteria. But there are still gray areas. Investigators said it was over a dispute about a parking spot, while their families maintain it was a hate crime.
Her team flagged the attack as unclear. In , the database reported that 43 Americans in the U. Together, Roof, Dear and Hicks were responsible for The Boston College researchers did not get into typologies, nor did they have the goal in mind of teaching tolerance. Instead, they simply asked approximately college students to imagine they had met someone belonging to a group that had carried out at least one terrorist attack. On a scale of one to seven, they were asked to rate their social affiliation, whether they would get along, whether they would interact, how similar they might be and their interest in terrorism.
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In the broader context of American society and politics, there is now an urgent need to question the previously-held definitions of terrorism and to question if these definitions are truly helpful in tackling terrorism. Where they are not — either because they are unfairly applied to different groups seen as threats or not applied at all — it must be asked if the US government and law enforcement sectors are standing by while domestic terrorism is perpetrated on their watch and why.
The concept of terrorism is difficult to define because the politics involved in doing so are difficult to manage. In this paper, I have attempted to traverse the difficult terrain that is the concept of a definition of terrorism. A section of this paper illustrated how a change in perspective has brought resolutions to various countries over modern political history, with the key determinant for the success of that process being political will. In attempting to understand if those kinds of resolutions are at all possible in present-day global politics, the case study of the United States of America was examined.
The conclusion in this paper is that where political influence trumps facts-based evidence, the definition of terrorism and who constitutes a terrorist threat becomes even more complex and controversial with little possibility of that controversy being resolved because of a disagreement on the basic facts.
Ultimately this irregular application of definitions harms work that can and should be done in terms of anti- and counter-terrorism initiatives and only leaves governments and populations more exposed than protected from harm in the long-run. Canetti, D. Carver, A. Chailand, G. Ganor, B. Hankes, K. The Alt-Right is Killing People. Masters, J and Rebaza, C.
Moran, M. Neiwert, D. Nixon, R. Peled, S. Sanchez, R. Shanahan, T. Routledge Handbook of Critical Terrorism Studies. London: Routledge. Shane, S. Taylor, L. Walt, SM. Weinberg, L. Political Parties and Terrorist Groups. London and New York: Routledge. Zanona, M. Tom Martin Date written: May Before you download your free e-book, please consider donating to support open access publishing.
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This content was originally written for an undergraduate or Master's program. It is published as part of our mission to showcase peer-leading papers written by students during their studies. Image by Jagz Mario via Flickr. Why terrorism is so difficult to define comprehensively Scholars have long written about the complex issues involved in attempting to find a universal definition of terrorism. When nation states define and codify terrorism into law In the same that way that a singular definition of the concept of terrorism is very difficult to articulate, it is clear that any definition is also problematised when considering who decides what it is or is not.
The definition of terrorism in American law and politics It is clear that while the definition of terrorism is broad and the debates around it are contentious and will remain that way for some time to come, it is also clear that any attempt at definition is even more complicated when states and governments endeavour to do so.
A case study in the controversial, changing definitions of terrorism: The United States The United States of America provides an interesting and layered case study into the complexity of defining terrorism; leaving definitions open to interpretation by those implementing anti- and counter-terrorism strategies; and the inherent vulnerability of those definitions to partisan politics. The problem of defining terrorism in America The United States as a government and society is not immune to the issues faced in academia and the world at large when it comes to attempts to define terrorism.
Are some attacks more terrorist than others? Conclusion The concept of terrorism is difficult to define because the politics involved in doing so are difficult to manage.
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