Class Terrorism

To deliver knowledge about political violence and terrorism, describing its actions and history, including the origin, evolution and disappearance of terrorist organizations, and the concepts explaining the origins of such groups.

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Historical perspective of the political violence Propaganda by deed Terrorism definition Terrorism context and characterization Models of analysis The terrorist organization and the leadership models The psychology of terrorism; the economy of terrorism The strategic dimension of the terrorism Suicide and catastrophic terrorism The finance of terrorism The anti and counter-terrorism The State strategic answer    

It will include a flipped classroom component.

Goodin, R.E. (2006). What¿s Wrong with Terrorism? Cambridge: Polity Press. Hoffman, B. (2006). Inside Terrorism. 2nd ed. New York: Columbia University Press. Lindahl, Sondre (2018). A Critical Theory of Counterterrorism: Ontology, Epistemology and Normativity. New York: Routledge Lowe, D; Turk, A; Das, D.K. (2014). Examining Political Violence: Studies of Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Internal War. Boca Raton: CRC Press.   Martin, G. (2003). Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. Oktav, OZ; Dal, E.P.; Kursun, A.M (2018). Violent Non-state Actors and the Syrian Civil War: The ISIS and YPG Cases. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG. Rapoport, David C. (2022). ¿Waves of Global Terrorism: From 1879 to the Present.¿ New York: Columbia University Press Richardson, L. (2006). What Terrorists Want: Understanding the Enemy, Containing the Threat. New York: Random House.