Each response should be:
• Integrative in nature
• Include a general response to the question,
• Include relevant sources (with a proper citation format) from class readings and materials,
• Discussion of the gaps/challenges.
What are the main reasons why individuals join terrorist groups?
Outline
Thesis: Classifying sources of terrorism can prove useful for understanding the motivations of individuals who engage in such acts. However assuming a definite causal relation is highly problematic because it is unreliable and analytically misguiding.
1- Understanding sources terrorism (1 page)
2- Source classifications (2 page)
3- Contemporary sources of terrorism (3 pages)
Political factors, Socio-economic,… what else?
The theory and key concepts
5- The problematic nature of source classifications (2 pages)
Only use these sources!!!
1- SOURCES OF TERRORISM
Why/why not more violence
Analytical Tools
ONLINE READINGS
Development Assistance and Counter Extremism A Programming Guide (2009). USAID. pp. 1-31, http://www.usaid.gov/what-we-do/working-crises-and-conflict/technical-publications
2- TERRORIST IDEOLOGIES
Culture and Ideology
Political Ideology
Religious Based Ideologies
ONLINE READINGS:
Lister, C. (2014). Profiling the Islamic State. Brookings/Doha. http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports2/2014/12/profiling-islamic-state-lister
3- WHO BECOMES A TERRORIST
Recruitment
Tactics
Leaders and Followers
ONLINE READINGS:
Benmelech, E., Berreb, C. & Flor, E.F. (2012) Economic conditions and the quality of suicide terrorism. Journal of Politics 74(1), 113-128
Venhaus, J. M. (2010). Why Youth Join al-Qaeda. Special Report 236. United Institute of Peace. http://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/SR236Venhaus.pdf
3- TERRORISM AND SUSTAINABILITY
How groups sustain their activities
Diaspora support
Media
ONLINE READINGS
Flanigan, T. (2008). Nonprofit Service Provision by Insurgent Organizations: The Cases of Hizballah and the Tamil Tigers. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 31 (6),499 – 519.
Locke, R. (2012). Organized Crime, Conflict, and Fragility. A New Approach. http://www.ipinst.org/media/pdf/publications/epub_organized_crime_conflict_fragility.pdf
Rosenthal, J. (2008). For-Profit Terrorism: The Rise of Armed Entrepreneurs
Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 31 (6), 481 – 498.
