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THERE ARE THREE BROAD TYPES OF POLITICS--MONISM, DUALISM, AND PLURALISM. MILLENARIAN MOVEMENTS ARE MONISTIC IN THEIR VIEW OF THE FUTURE BUT DUALISTIC IN THEIR VIEW OF THE PRESENT. IF, AS MOST POLITICAL SCIENTISTS HOLD, COMPLEX SOCIETIES ARE INHERENTLY PLURALISTIC, MILLENARIAN PR\OJECTS ARE BOUND TO BE INFEASIBLE OR TO RESULT IN HIGH LEVELS OF FORCE IN AN EFFORT TO TRANSFORM REALITY.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS ARTICLE IS TO IDENTIFY THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF RIGHT-WING TERRORISM AND TO DEVELOP AN ANALYTICAL TYPOLOGY OF PARTICULARISTIC TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS. THE ARTICLE IS BASED ON THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF THE PROCESS OF DELEGITIMIZATION DEVELOPED EARLIER BY THE AUTHOR. IT ARGUES THAT RIGHT-WING RADICALS USUALLY REACH TERRORISM THROUGH A TRAJECTORY OF SPLIT DELEGITIMIZATION, WHICH IMPLIES A PRIMARY CONFLICT WITH AN 'INFERIOR' COMMUNITY AND A SECONDARY CONFLICT WITH THE GOVERNMENT. SIX SUB-TYPES OF RIGHT-WING TERRORISM ARE IDENTIFIED: REVOLUTIONARY TERRORISM, REACTIVE TERRORISM, VIGILANTE TERRORISM, RACIST TERRORISM, MILLENARIAN TERRORISM AND YOUTH COUNTERCULTURE TERRORISM.

THIS ARTICLE EVALUATES PREVIOUS THIRD-PARTY EFFORTS TO BROKER A CONSOCIATIONAL POWER-SHARING SOLUTION ON THE PEOPLES OF NORTHERN IRELAND. INSTEAD, AN ORIGINAL AND DYNAMIC COMMUNITY-BASED PROBLEM-SOLVING LINKAGE SYSTEM PROPOSES COOPERATION BETWEEN NORTHER IRELAND'S GRASSROOTS CONSTITUENTS, PARAMILITARY GROUPS AND POLITICAL ELITES. THE PROCESS WOULD BE FACILITATED BY A QUASI-MEDIATOR COMPRISING THE THREE NORTHERN IRISH MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT (MEPS) AND FOUR MEPS - TWO EACH FROM THE NETHERLANDS AND BELGIUM. THIS IS A VISION OF HOW TO CREATE A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL PROCESS LINKING PSYCHOCULTURAL AND STRUCTURAL DIMENSIONS BY PROMOTING DIALOGUE, UNDERSTANDING, TOLERANCE AND THE SHARING OF COMMONALITIES IN BELIEFS, IDENTITY,AND BEHAVIORS AMONG GROUPS INVOLVED IN INTERCOMMUNAL CONFLICT SITUATIONS.

COCA ERADICATION PROGRAMS IN PERU ARE UNDERMINED BY THE INTERACTION OF COCAINE ECONOMICS AND INSURGENT POLITICS. COCA CULTIVATORS CAN EARN FAR MORE FROM THE ILLEGAL MARKET IN COCA THAN FROM ANY LEGAL CROP AND GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO ERADICATE COCA PRODUCTION HAVE LED TO POPULAR SUPPORT OF THE GUERRILLAS WHO CAN PROTECT COCA CULTIVATORS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS. THIS ARTICLE USES A MODEL OF PEASANT DECISION-MAKING TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF CROP ERADICATION, CROP SUBSTITUTION AND DRUG INTERDICTION STRATEGIES ON THE ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR AND POLITICAL LOYALTIES OF PERUVIAN COCA CULTIVATORS. THIS MODEL IS USED TO ASSESS THE LIKELIHOOD THAT EVEN SUCCESSFUL ANTI-DRUG PROGRAMS MAY DESTABILIZE THE PERUVIAN GOVERNMENT BY GENERATING SUPPORT OF THE GUERRILLAS.

RECENT HIGH PROFILE EVENTS SUCH AS THE IMPLOSION OF THE ALFRED P. MURRAH BUILDING IN OKLAHOMA CITY UNDERSCORE THE VULNERABILITY OF DEMOCRACIES TO ACTS OF TERRORISM. THIS ARTICLE RAISES SOME METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES CONCERNING THE EDUBANK AND WEINBERG ANALYSIS OF DEMOCRACY AND TERRORISM. A CASE IS MADE FOR THE USE OF EVENTS DATA RATHER THAN THE PRESENCE OF TERRORIST GROUPS. EUBANK AND WEINBERG'S CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTRIES, AS HAVING OR NOT HAVING TERRORIST GROUPS, IS QUESTIONED. FURTHER DETAILS OF THEIR CRITERIA OF CLASSIFICATION ARE REQUESTED. FINALLY, SOME ALTERNATIVE TESTS ARE INDICATED, WHICH CAN BE DONE WHEN DATA BECOME AVAILABLE.

THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE WORLDVIEW OF WILLIAM PIERCE, A PROMINENT FIGURE AMONG FRINGE RIGHT AND NEO-NAZI GROUPS. GENERALLY VIEWED AS THE INTELLECTUAL LEADER OF THE AMERICAN FAR RIGHT, PIERCE IS THE AUTHOR OF "THE TURNER DIARIES", A VIOLENT, FUTURISTIC NOVEL WHICH MAY HAVE INFLUENCED THE PERPETRATORS OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING. PIERCE IS DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL ALLIANCE, AN ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE RACIAL PURIFICATION OF NORTH AMERICA. SPECIALIZING IN THE PRODUCTION OF ANTI-SEMITIC AND RACIAL PROPAGANDA, NATIONAL ALLIANCE HAS BECOME A LUCRATIVE OPERATION. THIS ARTICLE IS BASED ON AN INTERVIEW CONDUCTED WITH PIERCE.

THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES SOME OF THE KEY PRINCIPLES THAT SHOULD GUIDE A LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC STATE'S RESPONSE TO TERRORISM, IF IT RESPONDS IN A MANNER WHICH IS EFFECTIVE AND CONSISTENT WITH ITS OWN PRINCIPLES. THE AUTHOR EXAMINES FOUR AREAS WHERE THE TENSION BETWEEN DEMOCRATIC ACCEPTABILITY AND EFFECTIVENESS IS SEEN TO BE GREATEST: THE INITIATION OF ANTI-TERRORIST LEGISLATION; THE USE OF ANTI-TERRORIST PARAMILITARY COMMANDO TEAMS; THE EMPLOYMENT OF COVERT INTELLIGENCE-GATHERING TECHNIQUES; AND GOVERNMENT CONTROL OVER THE MEDIA. A MODEL OF COUNTER-TERRORISM CONSISTENT WITH LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC NORMS IS THEN PROPOSED.