Terrorism, talking and transformation: a critical approach
In: Critical terrorism studies
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In: Critical terrorism studies
In: Critical terrorism studies
In: Terrorism and political violence, S. 1-16
ISSN: 1556-1836
In: Critical studies on terrorism, Band 15, Heft 1, S. 225-231
ISSN: 1753-9161
In: Critical studies on terrorism, Band 10, Heft 3, S. 562-563
ISSN: 1753-9161
In: Critical studies on terrorism, Band 10, Heft 2, S. 203-219
ISSN: 1753-9161
In: Critical studies on terrorism, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 126-130
ISSN: 1753-9161
In: Critical studies on terrorism, Band 7, Heft 3, S. 497-499
ISSN: 1753-9161
In: Critical studies on terrorism, Band 2, Heft 1, S. 103-109
ISSN: 1753-9161
In: Critical studies on terrorism, Band 1, Heft 2, S. 279-292
ISSN: 1753-9161
In: Security dialogue, Band 39, Heft 4, S. 407-426
ISSN: 0967-0106
World Affairs Online
In: Security dialogue, Band 39, Heft 4, S. 407-426
ISSN: 1460-3640
A key objection raised by terrorism scholars and policymakers against engaging in negotiations with terrorists is that it legitimizes terrorist groups, their goals and their means. Talking to them would serve only to incite more violence and weaken the fabric of democratic states, they argue. With the emergence of Al-Qaeda and its complex transnational structure, many have added another objection: Who does one talk to? Faced with such a multifaceted, horizontal organization, how does one engage? This article offers an alternative approach to the question of legitimacy and complexity in engaging with terrorism. Drawing from research in peace and conflict studies, it analyses how these two factors may in fact be conducive to a nonviolent resolution of conflicts involving terrorist violence. Using the conflicts in Northern Ireland and the southern Philippine region of Mindanao as illustrations, the article argues that the legitimation of `terrorist' groups through talks can be a means to transform a conflict away from violence, while complexity may in fact open up new possibilities for engagement. The article concludes by examining how the naming of a group as `terrorist' can and is often designed to forestall nonviolent responses to terrorism.
In: Routledge critical terrorism studies
In: Routledge critical terrorism studies
This book examines potential synergies between the fields of Terrorism Studies and Peace and Conflict Studies. The volume presents theoretically- and empirically-informed contributions, which shed light on whether the two fields can inform each other on issues of mutual interest and importance. The book examines key themes including the conceptualisation(s) of peace and violence; the exceptionalisation of terrorist violence; the relationship between scholarship and political power; the dysfunctionality of the liberal peace and the opportunities offered by post-liberal peacebuilding frameworks.