Terrorism Annotated Bib

Running Head: TERRORISM 1

TERRORISM 2

Terrorism

Richard Johnson

University of Maryland Global College

Terrorism

Plusnin, N., Pepping, C. A., & Kashima, E. S. (2018). The role of close relationships in terror management: A systematic review and research agenda. Personality and social psychology review, 22(4), 307-346. Retrieved from https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1088868317753505

Terrorism has been a scourge on society for so long. It has inflicted heavily on the physical integrity of the lives of the affected, curtailed their liberties and their enjoyment of the right to life. Moreover, it can threaten economic and social development, jeopardize security and peace, undermine civil society, and destabilize governing institutions. These factors, according to the article, further contribute to the negative impact terrorism has on the enjoyment of human rights. Governments and states are held responsible, by their citizens, for dealing with and curbing terrorism. However, the citizens themselves have responsibilities and obligations to complement the government’s role in fighting terrorism. Therefore, it is upon all citizens to contribute, in whatever way they can, in fighting this scourge.

Jackson, R. (2018). Writing the war on terrorism: Language, politics and counter-terrorism. Retrieved from https://www.manchesterhive.com/abstract/9781526130921/9781526130921.xml

ISIS or ISIL is a Sunni jihadist group also referred to as the Islamic state of Iraq and Syria. The group has a particularly violent ideology and claims having religious authority over the entire Muslim population. The group became so violent that its inspiration, al-Qaeda, expelled it and renounced itself from any association with the group. The group is now one of the most violent extremist groups in existence today. This article looks into the lifeline of the group including its organization, management and financing. The instability of the Syria Iraq region led to the group’s foothold on the region and it uses social media as a tool to raise funds and recruit members.

Laqueur, W. (2017). A history of terrorism. Routledge. Retrieved from https://content.taylorfrancis.com/books/download?dac=C2017-0-50077-9&isbn=9781351535243&format=googlePreviewPdf

Less than half a decade ago, the Isis group portrayed increasing violence leading to increased research on the group’s administration. This paper looks into this research and considers what made the group distinctive, as a way of analyzing how to stop the emergence of such groups in the future. The group did not just appear from nowhere but factors, including marginality in governance, led to its emergence. The paper looks into the underlying factors, such as marginality as a blind spot, behind terrorism and how to stop such groups from emerging in the future.

Freilich, J. D., Gruenewald, J., & Mandala, M. (2019). Situational crime prevention and terrorism: an assessment of 10 years of research. Criminal justice policy review, 30(9), 1283-1311. Retrieved from https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0887403418805142

This article looks on a western view of terrorist groups and their governance. Westerners see such groups as bad at governance. This can be the case but also the organization of groups such as Isis indicate that it is not. The more violent groups, according to the paper, show effectiveness in governance. The paper looks on the governance of terrorist groups such as ISIS. It is termed as definitive where media coverage concentrates only on the group’s archaic justice system and its violence. As a result, there is less consideration of the institutional structures that enable the brutality. Moreover, the role of violence in the state building activities of the group are also ignored.

Wilkinson, P. (2015). Terrorism & the liberal state. Macmillan International Higher Education. Retrieved from https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=YlBdDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR9&dq=terrorism&ots=e2UhfB4_Do&sig=4GQwDJAPPeeop_TIe-U7W-CM4nI

This paper looks into the history of terrorism. Isis started as a component of al Qaeda and aims to create a state or caliphate across Syria and Iraq. It governs using Sharia law that is based in centuries-old Islam. The group is known for killing tens or hundreds of people at a time, while practicing acts such as public execution. The group uses tools including social media to promote religious fundamentalism and reactionary politics. The group has destroyed numerous valuable antiquities and holy sites as part of a campaign to deculturalize certain parts of the Middle East region, even as it preaches a return to the early ways of Islam.

Schuurman, B. (2019). Conducting Qualitative Research on Terrorism: Finding and Using Primary Sources. SAGE Publications Ltd. Retrieved from https://methods.sagepub.com/case/conducting-qualitative-research-on-terrorism-finding-using-primary-sources

By five years ago, ISIS was controlling more than thirty thousand square miles in Iraq and Syria. This region spans the south of Baghdad to the Mediterranean coast. Two years later, the US government announced that the group had lost forty percent of this territory. This paper makes a detailed analysis on terrorism and terrorist groups. During that period, Isis was believed to be holding thousands of people as slaves with most of them children and women from the Yazidi tribe. The group raises revenue through crop control, extortion, sale of stolen artifacts, kidnapping ransoms, taxes, smuggling, and oil production.