Essays about: "contemporary terrorism"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words contemporary terrorism.
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1. A Eurocentric Study of New Terrorism - Assessing New Terrorism´s validity and applicability in describing European terrorism 2010-2018 using quantitative research.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : New Terrorism has been a highly regarded theory in the field of terrorism since the late 1990s, but how accurate is it in regards to European terrorism in 2010-2018? Are terrorists more lethal, primarily religious, part of transnational and decentralized organizations, and are they using CBRN-weapons? This paper uses a quantitative study, with a descriptive and retroductive approach, of all terror attacks in Europe 2010-2018, to examine New Terrorisms’ validity, and propose possible changes to the theory. I find that New Terrorism is partly correct. READ MORE
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2. Bringing the War Home : A Psycho-Historical Exploration of How Right- Wing, Lone Wolf Terrorist’s Construct Group Identities in the 21st Century
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : Contemporary social and political discourses often emphasise the security threat of Jihadism towards Europe and the United States as the main terrorist threat. Two decades into the twenty-first century, however, the new threat of right-wing terrorism has emerged as the statistically most prominent form of terror. READ MORE
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3. The Ethics of Denationalization: An argumentative analysis of the removal of citizenships in liberal democratic states
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : In recent years, due to the threat of terrorism, there has been a return of banishment, in contemporary terms better known as citizenship revocation or denationalization. The aim of this thesis is to critically assess the most common arguments used for and against liberal nations’ power to revoke citizenships as punishment and as a means to protect national security. READ MORE
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4. A contemporary understanding of Islamophobia in the West - the case of Donald Trump
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Pedagogik; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global StudiesAbstract : Abstract This thesis uses Critical Discourse Analysis to analyse the narratives of Islamophobia of United States of America, with President Donald Trump as a case study, examining his interviews and speeches. The theoretical framework is constituted by critical race theory (with particular focus on cultural racism), the critique of the colonial mentality, clash of civilization and populism. READ MORE
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5. What Can We Learn from Hobbes? : An Interpretative Approach to Contemporary Citizenship Deprivation Practices
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Deprivation of citizenship is currently used in democratic states to combat international terrorism and constitutes ‘the securitisation of citizenship’. The usage of which is often justified by states as assuring national security. READ MORE
