Combat Motivation in Non-State Armed Groups
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4804624 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rune Henriksen (0000-0002-7290-6376, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author), Anthony Vinci (London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 87-109 |
| Publication date | 2007-12-28 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Terrorism and Political Violence (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0954-6553 • E-ISSN: 1556-1836 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09546550701677623 |
| OpenAlex | W2044364160 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
Existing analyses of non-state armed-group combat motivations are inadequate because they essentialize combat motivation, fail to recognize the polymorphous character of non-state warfare, and confound agency and structure by equating individual combatant motivation with the context of the conflict. In order to account for the more dynamic nature of combat motivation in armed groups versus conventional militaries, this article offers a two-dimensional framework for understanding combatant motivation. The first dimension is based on context—specifically, terrorist, insurgent and warlord forms of warfare—and the second on individual motivation—including communitarian, economic, and existential motivations. The article then illustrates the interplay between these two dimensions
Combatant · Criminology · Epistemology · Existentialism · Guerrilla warfare · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Terrorism · Computer Science · Law · Military History and Strategy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · War, Ethics, and Justification
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2020 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |