The Strategic Use of Emotions in Recruitment Strategies of Armed Groups
The Case of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12407992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Larissa Meier (0009-0003-8382-2631, Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence, Italy, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 1148-1166 |
| Publication date | 2019-07-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Conflict and Terrorism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1057-610X • E-ISSN: 1521-0731 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1057610x.2019.1634343 |
| OpenAlex | W2954153325 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
What role do emotions play in recruitment strategies employed by armed groups? I argue that armed groups use “emotion work” – the effort to evoke or shape emotions – to recruit new fighters, trying to appeal not only to peoplès self-interest or reason but to their values and normative judgements. I use data from 30 interviews with former members of the LTTE to show that emotions were a central element of their recruitment strategy. To analyze the role of emotions in recruitment, I build on social movement theory and the sociology of emotions and propose an analytical framework linking different types of collective action frames with different emotions they provoke and the mechanisms through which they facilitate recruitment
Action (physics · Appeal · Collective action · Criminology · Element (criminal law · Normative · Political science · Politics · Social movement · Sociology · Tamil · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Military History and Strategy · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.75 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |