Domestic Terrorism
The Hidden Side of Political Violence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6232988 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca (0000-0002-8640-0659, Center for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences, Juan March Institute, 28006 Madrid, Spain), Luis De La Calle (0000-0003-2099-4746, European University Institute) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 31-49 |
| Publication date | 2009-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annual Review of Political Science (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1094-2939 • E-ISSN: 1545-1577 |
| Publisher | Annual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1146/annurev.polisci.12.031607.094133 |
| OpenAlex | W2168431312 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 88 |
| References cited | 82 |
This article reviews the literature on the onset and dynamics of domestic terrorism, with special emphasis on the interactions between terrorist organizations, the state, and society. Because this literature has often been based on case studies, we seek to impose some structure to its findings. We challenge the distinction between domestic and international terrorism, which truncates the sample of violence, and we show that the actor-sense of terrorism (violence carried out by underground organizations) is the most appropriate model for causal analysis. Terrorist organizations tend to emerge in developed countries in which the state is able to prevent the loss of control over any part of its territory. Terrorists take advantage of the state's mistakes (when, for example, it is over-repressive or makes ineffective concessions) in order to boost their support. Terrorists cannot survive without some degree of support. Consequently, levels of violence and targets are determined by social constraints
Criminology · Domestic terrorism · Domestic violence · Poison control · Political economy · Political science · Political violence · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Suicide prevention · Terrorism · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
The individual risk assessment of terrorism
Terrorism, Guerrilla, and the Labeling of Militant Groups
Ethnic Exclusion and Civil Resistance Campaigns
Underground Violence
The Historical Roots of Political Violence
Promise and Pitfalls of Terrorism Research
The origins of terrorism
Terror and Crime
Punishing or rallying ‘round the flag? Heterogeneous effects of terrorism in South Tyrol
Penality in the Underground
Countering Terrorism in Britain and France
Weapon of Peace
Hacia una modelización teórico-económica del terrorismo y de sus consecuencias y paliativos
Not gone away
Assessing Public Attitudes toward Random versus Symbolic Terrorist Targets
Grievances and Fears in Islamist Movements
Has Globalization Reduced Worldwide Terrorist Attacks
The Threat of Domestic Bioterrorism
Dilemmas of “going legit”
Social Science Discourse and the Biopolitics of Terrorism
Does peacekeeping deter terrorism?’
Assessing success of the Global War on Terror
Effect of foreign military intervention and controlled territory on the operational tempo of al-Shabaab attacks
State Legitimacy and Terrorism
The Political Consequences of Terrorism
Fifty Shades of Deprivation
More Data, New Problems
Selbstbestimmung und Gewalt
Social Control in Civil Wars
Withdrawn
Up in arms! Explaining why ethnic minority organizations form militias in transitioning and post-communist Eurasian countries
Democratic breakdown and terrorism
Democracies at risk? A forecasting analysis of regime type and the risk of terrorist attack
What explains ethnic organizational violence? Evidence from Eastern Europe and Russia
Economic sanctions and the dynamics of terrorist campaigns
Targets and Tactics
The old terrorism
Why Do We Know So Little About Terrorism
Go arm me
Is terrorism deadlier in democracies
Using Radical Environmentalist Texts to Uncover Network Structure and Network Features
What causes terrorism
Terrorism, democratization, and US foreign policy
Honor and Terrorism
Military Power and Ideological Appeals of Religious Extremists
Adhering Indigenous Communities to the State
Civil society and exposure to domestic terrorist attacks
Terrorism and state repression of human rights
Political Dynasties and Terrorism
Repression Hurts
The Moral Hazard of Terrorism Prevention
Elections and the Timing of Terrorist Attacks
Electoral and Partisan Cycles in Counterterrorism
Kill Them All—Old and Young, Girls and Women and Little Children
Opening Yourself Up
Terrorism and Civil War
On repression and its effectiveness
Egoism and Altruism in Intergroup Conflict
The Effect of Competition on Terrorist Group Operations
Civil-Military Relations and Domestic Terrorism
Losing Hearts & Minds
Foreign Aid as a Counterterrorism Tool
Is Terrorism Really a Weapon of the Weak? Debunking the Conventional Wisdom
Terrorism in the Worlds of Welfare Capitalism
Rebels without a Territory
Democracy, Foreign Policy, and Terrorism
Unmasking Militants
Terrorist Group Cooperation and Longevity
Terrorism, Democracy, and Credible Commitments1
Cleansing the Caliphate
Correlates of Warning
Do Terrorists Win? Rebels' Use of Terrorism and Civil War Outcomes
Bridging the Qualitative-Quantitative Divide
Land Reform and Civil Conflict
Autocracies and Terrorism
The Rule of Law in the Fight against Terrorism
Green houses for terrorism
Ideology and civilian victimization in Northern Ireland’s civil war
Going underground
Twisting arms and sending messages
The Negative Impact of Shining Path on Indigenous Mobilization in Peru
Dangerous lessons
Ideology in civil war
The quantity and quality of terrorism
Explaining State Violence in the Guatemalan Civil War
Terrorist Violence and Popular Mobilization
Political Repression
The Spatial Diffusion of Counterterrorist Legislation, 1970-2011
Minorities at risk
Resistance and Rebellion
Kto Kogo?
Votes and Violence
Armed Struggle and the Search for State
The Palestinian Hamas
The Roots of Terrorism
Root Causes of Terrorism
Terrorism in Western Europe
Terrorism, Economic Development, and Political Openness
The Rise and Fall of Italian Terrorism
The Political Economy of Terrorism
Hamas
Greed and grievance in civil war
Social Movements, Political Violence, and the State
Power in Numbers
Leaderless Jihad
The Logic of Violence in Civil War
Terrorism, Signaling, and Suicide Attack
Who Are the Terrorists? Analyzing Changes in Sociological Profile among Members of ETA
The Strategies of Terrorism
Attributes of domestic political terrorism in Canada, 1960–1985
Contemporary research on terrorism
Cross-National Variation in Political Violence
Revolutionary Dreams and Terrorist Violence in the Developed World
Five Decades of Terrorism in Europe
Ethnic Extremism among Ethnoterritorial Minorities in Western Europe
The Nature of the Beast
Protest Cycle, Political Violence and Social Movements in the Basque Country
Dynamics of Repression and Mobilization
Sensitivity Analysis of Empirical Results on Civil War Onset
Counterterrorism
Economic Globalization and Transnational Terrorism
On Welfare and Terror
Does Democracy Promote or Reduce Transnational Terrorist Incidents
The Political Economy of Transnational Terrorism
Terrorists versus the Government
Explaining the Severity of Civil Wars
The Scale of Terrorist Attacks as a Signal of Resources
Fighting for Local Control
Sabotaging the Peace
Conciliation, Counterterrorism, and Patterns of Terrorist Violence
Information, Uncertainty, and the Decision to Secede
Unwanted children
The Causes of Terrorism
Why Terrorism Subsides
Terrorist Decision Making
Building Reputation
Coercion and Protest
Bargaining and War
Institutional Inconsistency and Political Instability
The Quality of Terror
Wanton and Senseless
State Repression and Political Order
What Is Civil War
Palestinian Suicide Bombing
Political Violence and Legitimation
Terrorism and Democracy
Rooted in Poverty
Suicide Bombing as a Strategic Weapon
The Dynamics Of Nationalist Terrorism
An Imperfect Peace
Education, Poverty and Terrorism
Toward a Democratic Civil Peace? Democracy, Political Change, and Civil War, 1816-1992
La question corse
Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War
Reassessing the Causes of Nongovernmental Terrorism in Latin America
A Theory of Categorical Terrorism
From Peaceful Protest to Guerrilla War
Terror and Guerrilla Warfare in Latin America, 1956-1970
| Unique citing works | 88 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5,18 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 85 |