Martha Crenshaw, “The of terrorism: Terrorist behavior as a product of strategic choice,” in Walter Reich, ed. Origins of Terrorism, Ch.1 T-square. Barbara Walter and Andrew Kydd, “Strategies of Terrorism,” International Security, Vol. 31, No. 1 (Summer 2006), pp. 49-80. (selections) September 1: Strategic Explanations Max Abrahms, “Why Terrorism Does Not Work,” International Security, Vol. 31, No. 2 (Fall 2006), pp. 42-78. Peter Krause, “The Political Effectiveness of Non-State Violence: A Two-Level Framework to Transform a Deceptive Debate,” in Security Studies, Vol. 22, Issue 2 (2013), pp. 259-294. (selections) Week 3 September 4: Labor Day – no class September 6: Psychological Theories Jerrold Post, “Terrorist Pyscho-logic: Terrorist behavior as a product of psychological forces,” in Reich, Origins of Terrorism, chapter 2 John Horgan, “From Profiles and Pathways and Roots to Routes: Perspectives from Psychology on Radicalization into Terrorism,” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 618, no. 1 (July 2008), pp. 80-94. September 8: Psychological Theories John Horgan and Max Taylor, “Disengagement, De-radicalization and the Arc of Terrorism: Future Directions for Future Research,” in Rik Coolsaet, ed., Jihadi Terrorism and the Radicalisation Challenge,” (London: Ashgate, 2011). Week 4 September 11: Organizational Theories Martha Crenshaw, “Causes of Terrorism: Instrumental and Organizational Approaches,” in David Rapoport, ed., Inside Terrorist Organizations, revised edition (London: Routledge, 2001), pp. 13-31. Krause, Peter. "The Structure of Success: How the Internal Distribution of Power Drives
Armed Group Behavior and National Movement Effectiveness." International Security 38, no. 3 (Winter 2013/14): pp. 72-117 September 13: Structural Explanations A. Piazza and Karin von Hippel, “Does Poverty Serve as a Root Cause of Terrorism?” in Gottlieb, Debating Terrorism and Counterterrorism, Ch. 2. (34-66) Krueger, Alan B., and Jitka Maleckova. 2003. “Education, Poverty, and Terrorism: Is There a Causal Connection?” Journal of Economic Perspectives 17(4):119–44. . (skim) September 15: Religion Hoffman, Chapter 4 James A. Piazza, “Is Islamist Terrorism More Dangerous? An Empirical Study of Group Ideology, Organization, and Goal Structure,” Terrorism and Political Violence, Vol. 21, No. 1 (January 2009), pp. 62-88. Week 5 September 18: Religion Andrew McCarthy and Fawaz Gerges, “Does Islam Play a Unique Role in Today’s Terrorism?” in Gottlieb, Debating Terrorism and Counterterrorism, Ch. 4. (100-130) September 20: Terrorism and Democracy Risa Brooks, “Researching Democracy and Terrorism: How Political Access Affects Militant Activity,” Security Studies, Vol. 18, No. 4 (December 2009), pp. 756-788. F. Gregory Gauss & Jennifer Windsor, “Can Spreading Democracy Help Defeat Terrorism?” in Gottlieb, Debating Terrorism and Counterterrorism, Ch. 8. September 22: No – Rosh Hashanah Week 6 September 25: Terrorist Networks Perliger, Arie, and Ami Pedahzur. “Social Network Analysis in the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence.” PS: Political Science & Politics 44, no. 01 (2011): 45–50.
Marc Sageman, Understanding Terror Networks, Ch. 5. September 27: Terrorist Networks Stohl, Cynthia, and Michael Stohl, 2007, “Networks of Terror: Theoretical Assumptions and Pragmatic Consequences, Communication Theory 17:2, 93–124. Krebs, Valdis E., 2002, “Mapping Networks of Terrorist Cells,” Connections 24:3, September 29: Lone Wolves Rafaello Patnucci, Clare Ellis and Lorien Chaplais, “Lone Actor Terrorism Literature Review” Royal United Services Institute, Countering Lone-Actor Terrorism Series No.1 Jeffrey Kaplan , Heléne Lööw , Malkki Introduction to the Special Issue on Lone Wolf and Autonomous Cell Terrorism,” Terrorism and Political Violence, Vol. 26, Issue 1, 2014, Tsquare Byman, Al-Qaeda, The Islamic State, and the Global Jihadist Movement, 57-60 Week 7 October 2 & 4: Suicide Terrorism Robert A. Pape, “The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” American Political Science Review, Vol. 97, No. 3 (August 2003), pp. 343-361. Gordon McCormick and Max Abrahms, “Is Suicide Terrorism an Effective Tactic?” in Gottlieb, Debating Terrorism and Counterterrorism, Ch. 5. Mia M. Bloom, “Outbidding, Market Share, and Palestinian Suicide Bombing,” Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 119, No. 1 (2004), pp. 61-88 October 6: Foreign Fighters Thomas Hegghammer, “The Rise of Muslim Foreign Fighters,” International Security 35:3 (Winter 2010/11 ) http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/ISEC_a_00023 David Malet, 2010. “Why Foreign Fighters? Historical Perspectives and Solutions.” Orbis 54(1): 97–114 Week 8
Jeffrey Kaplan, Terrorism and Political Violence, Volume 19, Issue 4, October 2007, pages 545-570. Jeffrey Kaplan, “The Islamic State and the New Tribalism,” Terrorism and Political Violence, Vol 27, No. 5 (2015): 926-969.