SOC 2070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Ideo, Vigilante, Radical Change
10 Nov 2018
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Stakes are high when it comes to terrorism. We need to know what it is/isn"t when it comes to policy and security. Any act committed for political, religious or ideological purposes, coerce population > if you engage in intimidation or violence associated it is considered to be terroristic activity. Common thread: threat or use of violence to intimidate or in uence the public (or govt) for pol/rel/ ideo reasons (phillips 2015, if it is de ned as terrorism you are dealt with a higher degree of sanctions. Act with military force when necessary: the politics of de nition > there is a debate to what it is de ned as > it matters for how we de ne it!!!! > it matters in how we count and manage it. Young men, reasonably well education and not socially disadvantaged (turk 2004, wood. Al 2015 catch the public by surprise with no group association through terrorist activity.
