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Underground violence : on the nature of terrorism /

"Why is terrorism such a slippery concept? Unlike other concepts employed in studies of conflict, terrorism is particularly hard to pin down. Can terrorism be equated with civilian victimization? Is it a refined form of coercive violence, based on the spread of terror? Despite the endless termi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Calle Robles, Luis de la (Author), Sánchez-Cuenca, Ignacio (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Terrorism.
Terrorisme.
terrorism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
International Relations.
Political Freedom.
Social services & welfare, criminology.
Society.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1 Clarifications: What Terrorism Is Not
  • 1.1. On Classifications and Natural Kinds
  • 1.2. Typologies of Violence
  • 1.3. Areas of Ambiguity
  • 1.4. Inadequate Conceptions
  • 1.5. Mixed Definitions
  • 1.6. Conclusions
  • 2 Terrorism as Underground Political Violence
  • 2.1. Territorial Control
  • 2.2. The Underground: Violence and Space
  • 2.3. Terrorism and Underground Political Violence
  • 2.4. A Conceptual Map of Terrorism
  • 2.5. State Terrorism
  • 3 Asymmetry, Territorial Control, and Rebel Tactics
  • 3.1. Asymmetry
  • 3.2. Asymmetry and Territorial Control: The Actor-Sense
  • 3.3. Asymmetry and Rebel Tactics: The Action-Sense
  • 3.4. Conclusions
  • Appendix. The Measurement of Terrorism and its Implications
  • 4 Variations on Territorial Control
  • 4.1. Tupamaros
  • 4.2. ETA
  • 4.3. Shining Path
  • 4.4. Conclusions
  • 5 Within-Group Territorial Variation
  • 5.1. The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
  • 5.2. The Islamic State
  • 5.3. Conclusions
  • Concluding Remarks: Terrorism: Back and Forth
  • References
  • Index