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DOI: 10.1177/0020715205054475 Terrorism as Deviance or Social ControlSuggestions for Future ResearchArizona State University, USA, pgranna{at}imap1.asu.edu
Arizona State University, USA, pat.lauderdale{at}asu.edu The political character of terrorism is most clearly manifested when new categories of terrorism are being created or old categories are being transformed. Historical and comparative analyses of terrorism demonstrate its diverse, complex nature. This complexity creates numerous problems for researchers who attempt to examine terrorism as an analytical construct rather than a polemical construct. We suggest that because the state exists in a symbiotic relationship to terrorism, responses to terrorism by any state, particularly at the definitional stage, appear to maintain a fairly consistent pattern. It is important to utilize a political process approach to the definition of terrorism to produce systematic and precise explanations. For future research, we suggest the importance of examining the term’s latent structure of politicality, the role of hegemony, the low participation of one of the largest oppressed groups in the world and the art of statecraft.
Key Words: democracy • deviance • hegemony • state • terrorism • tyrants
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