¿Es eficaz el terrorismo? Consideraciones, problemas y marco de investigación futura

Richard English

Authors

Richard English Profesor de la Cátedra Wardlaw de Ciencias Políticas, School of International Relations, y director del Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV), University of St Andrews

Keywords:

terrorism, effectiveness, academic research, debate

Abstract

Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals, nº 112
Quadrimestral (January-April 2016)
ISSN:1133-6595 | E-ISSN:2013-035X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24241/rcai.2016.112.1.27

For both intellectual and practical reasons, the question “Does terrorism work?” is vital. And yet it has largely been eclipsed by other debates within the scholarly literature on terrorism. This article considers some of the recent contributions to the emerging discussion of the question. It then outlines some of the problems inherent in the academic debate that has taken place thus far on the subject, and sketches a framework for making future scholarship in this area more inclusive, systematic and dialogically fruitful than it has been to date.

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