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A reformatted version of an article published in Public Choice, 2002, 111, 1-2, Mar, 9-18. 14 References.

"This article examines the history and the development of terrorism as a research subject for social sciences. It gives an impression of how the subject's theoretical remit has changed over the last decades-explicitly taking into account the characteristics of a modern and global world and their impact on current understandings of terrorism." (author's abstract)

This article analyzes terrorism & counterterrorism in a framework of communication. This analytic framework views violence as a form of communication that interacts with other forms of social & political communication, whether by nonstate actors or state actors. By looking at how terrorism & counterterrorism fit into the wider context of social & political life, both at the national & the international level, the analyst can better understand how terrorism emerges from other social or political activity, can evolve into legal or nonviolent action, & can be but one tool in a political or social struggle that includes both violent & nonviolent tactics. By including counterterrorism & the array of control institutions used to battle terrorism & related phenomena, the model forces a degree of self-reflectivity & self-awareness on the analyst, who must examine societal, state, & international institutions & forms of social control alongside strategies & tactics of protest & political agitation. In a post-11 September (2001) world, this analytic task is all the more challenging. 7 Figures. Adapted from the source document.