TERRORISM, INSURGENCY AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE

GRADO EN ESTUDIOS GLOBALES/GLOBAL STUDIES

Curso 2023/2024

1. Subject Information

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Code: 109035
Plan: 290
ECTS: 4.00

Type: Opcional
Year: 3
Duration: Second semester

Area: CIENCIA POLÍTICA Y DE LA ADMINISTRACIÓN

Departament: Derecho Público General

Virtual platform: Campus Virtual de la Universidad de Salamanca

Professor Information

Profesor/Profesora: Elena María Gil Moreno
Group/s: Único

Centre: Fac. Derecho

Office: Espacio ACPA, Planta Jardín

Office hours: Under request by email

Web address: https://acpa-usal.com/member/dra-elena-gil-moreno/

E-mail: elenagm@usal.es
Telephone: 923 29 44 00 - Ext. 1617

2. Association of the subject matter within the study plan

Curricular area to which the subject matter pertains.

Political Science

Purpose of the subject within the curricular area and study plan.

Elective, political behavior

Professional profile.

Political Science

3. Prerequisites

None

4. Learning objectives

Throughout this course students will reflect on the nature of political violence, its causes, and consequences. They will also gain a broad view of the interconnection of conflicts around the world and their relationship to imperialist policies.

At the end of this course students will be able to:

Differentiate the diverse types of political violence that have emerged in different regions of the world.
Understand the complexity of the phenomena of political violence and the politics of counterterrorism and counterinsurgency.
Identify the challenges of new and old forms of political violence that we are facing today.

5. Contents

Theory.

Introduction: Political Violence, Theoretical Approaches

Terrorism 1: International and Domestic Terrorism, Stages of Terrorism and Discussion about the Concept of Terrorism

Terrorism 2: Radicalization and Recruitment to Terrorist Groups, Terrorism Databases and Cyberterrorism

Insurgencies: Actor Types, Strategies and Tactics, the Cold War

State Violence: Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism strategies, Actor Types, and the Political Terror Scale

Criminal Governance: The Mafia and Narco-governments

Practice.

Case studies

6. Competences acquired

Basic / General.

CB2, CB3, CB4 CG1, CG2, CG4

Specific.

CE2, CE15, CE20

7. Teaching methods

Lecture, Seminars, Debates, practical assignments

8. Anticipated distribution of the use of the different teaching methods

9. Resources

Reference books.

Ahmad, A. (2017). Jihad & Co.: black markets and Islamist power. Oxford University Press.

Akilu, F. (2021). Peaceful Societies and Leaving No One Behind. In Fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals (pp. 407-416). Routledge.

Alonso, R. et al. (2008). Radicalization Processes Leading to Acts of Terrorism, European Commission

Apter, D. (1997). The legitimization of violence. NYU Press.

Asri, F. E., & Mesa, B. (2021). Extrémisme (s) violent (s) en perspective: jeunes et femmes dans le contexte marocain. Extrémisme (s) violent (s) en perspective: jeunes et femmes dans le contexte marocain, 139-158.

Body-Gendrot, S., & Spierenburg, P. (Eds.). (2008). Violence in Europe. Springer-Verlag New York.

Brown, M. E., Cote Jr, O. R., Lynn-Jones, S. M., & Miller, S. E. (Eds.). (2010). Contending with Terrorism: Roots, strategies, and responses. MIT Press.

Calle, L., & Sánchez-Cuenca, I. (2011). What we talk about when we talk about terrorism. Politics & Society, 39(3), 451-472.

Cockburn, P. (2016). Chaos & Caliphate: Jihadis and the West in the Struggle for the Middle East, ‎ Or Books Llc

Grajales, J. (2013). State Involvement, Land Grabbing and Counter-Insurgency in Colombia (Development and Change), 44(2) pp 211-232

Hoffman, B. (2018). Inside terrorism. In Inside Terrorism. Columbia University Press.

Hoffman, B., & Reinares, F. (Eds.). (2014). The evolution of the global terrorist threat: From 9/11 to Osama bin Laden's death. Columbia University Press.

Johnston, J. (2000). Pedagogical guerrillas, armed democrats, and revolutionary counterpublics: Examining paradox in the Zapatista unprising in Chiapas Mexico. Theory and Society, 29(4), 463-505

Koppel, T. (2015). Lights out: a cyberattack, a nation unprepared, surviving the aftermath. Broadway Books.

Lessing, B. (2021). Conceptualizing criminal governance. Perspectives on Politics, 19(3), 854-873

López, T. M. (2018). Terrorismo y comportamiento político: España y el caso de ETA, Doctoral dissertation, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Mbembe, A. (2008). Necropolitics. Palgrave Macmillan UK.

McMahon, Robert J. (2003). The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press

Mesa, B. (2017). Le rôle transformateur des groupes armés du nord du Mali: de l'insurrection djihadiste et sécessionniste au crime organisé (1996-2017) (Doctoral dissertation, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE)).

Mueller, J. (2008). The Atomic Terrorist: Assessing the Likelihood. prepared for presentation at the Program on International Security Policy, University of Chicago, 15.

National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (2020). Global Terrorism Index 2020, Institute for Economics and Peace

Richards, A. (2014). Conceptualizing terrorism. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 37(3), 213-236.

Sánchez-Cuenca, I., & De la Calle, L. (2009). Domestic terrorism: The hidden side of political violence. Annual Review of Political Science, 12, 31-49.

Shapiro, J. N. (2013). The terrorist's dilemma. In The Terrorist's Dilemma. Princeton University Press.

Tilly, C. (2003) The Politics of Collective Violence. New York: Cambridge University Press

Trejo, G., & Ley, S. (2018). Why did drug cartels go to war in Mexico? Subnational party alternation, the breakdown of criminal protection, and the onset of large-scale violence. Comparative Political Studies, 51(7), 900-937.

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2012). The Use of the Internet for Terrorist Purposes, United Nations

US Government (2012). Guide to the Analysis of Insurgency, US Government

White, J. R., & Clear, T. (2002). Terrorism: an introduction. Stanford, CA: Wadsworth Thomson Learning.