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Types of Terrorism

Types of Terrorism

Gus Martin
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781466657762|ISBN10: 1466657766|EISBN13: 9781466657779
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5776-2.ch006
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Martin, Gus. "Types of Terrorism." Exchanging Terrorism Oxygen for Media Airwaves: The Age of Terroredia, edited by Mahmoud Eid, IGI Global, 2014, pp. 81-95. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5776-2.ch006

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Martin, G. (2014). Types of Terrorism. In M. Eid (Ed.), Exchanging Terrorism Oxygen for Media Airwaves: The Age of Terroredia (pp. 81-95). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5776-2.ch006

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Martin, Gus. "Types of Terrorism." In Exchanging Terrorism Oxygen for Media Airwaves: The Age of Terroredia, edited by Mahmoud Eid, 81-95. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5776-2.ch006

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Abstract

Terrorist typologies are descriptive classifications explaining the quality of political violence arising from distinct political and social environments. Although many terrorist typologies are accepted without controversy by analysts, some are the subject of definitional debate. Accepted typologies include the following: the new terrorism, state terrorism, dissident terrorism, religious terrorism, ideological terrorism, and international terrorism. Sub-classifications of accepted typologies include nationalist terrorism, ethno-national terrorism, and racial terrorism. In contradistinction to accepted typologies, other classifications are conceptually “cutting-edge” and the subject of definitional debate. These include gender-selective terrorism and criminal terrorism (often referred to as “narco-terrorism”). Nevertheless, there is growing recognition that gender-selective and criminal terrorism are features of the modern global terrorist environment. This chapter identifies and discusses terrorist typologies in the modern era, including the emerging recognition of newly defined typologies.

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