Domestic Terrorism: The Hidden Side of Political Violence

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dc.contributor.authorSANCHEZ-CUENCA, Ignacio
dc.contributor.authorDE LA CALLE, Luis
dc.date.accessioned2011-04-19T12:49:26Z
dc.date.available2011-04-19T12:49:26Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThis article reviews the literature on the onset and dynamics of domestic terrorism, with special emphasis on the interactions between terrorist organizations, the state, and society. Because this literature has often been based on case studies, we seek to impose some structure to its findings. We challenge the distinction between domestic and international terrorism, which truncates the sample of violence, and we show that the actor-sense of terrorism (violence carried out by underground organizations) is the most appropriate model for causal analysis. Terrorist organizations tend to emerge in developed countries in which the state is able to prevent the loss of control over and part of its territory Terrorists take advantage of the state's mistakes (when, for example, it is over-repressive or makes ineffective concessions) in order to boost their support. Terrorists cannot survive without some degree of support. Consequently, levels of violence and targets are determined by social constraints.
dc.identifier.citationAnnual Review of Political Science, 2009, 12, 31-49
dc.identifier.doi10.1146/annurev.polisci.12.031607.094133
dc.identifier.endpage49
dc.identifier.issn1094-2939
dc.identifier.startpage31
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/16611
dc.identifier.volume12
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAnnual Reviews
dc.subjectDefinition of terrorism
dc.subjectCivil war
dc.subjectState repression
dc.subjectTarget selection
dc.subjectNegotiations with terrorists
dc.titleDomestic Terrorism: The Hidden Side of Political Violence
dc.typeArticle
dspace.entity.typePublication
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