Please choose one question to answer. I would prefer that you write a short essay of no fewer than 3 double-spaced spaced pages. There is no page max. By essay, I just mean a thesis which makes an argument as opposed to a bland report. Make sure to reference at least one reading and/or video in the answer. Any established referencing style is totally fine!
Readings
Michael Bhatia, “Fighting words: naming terrorists, bandits, rebels and other violent
actors,” Third World Quarterly, May 2008.
Fighting Words: Naming Terrorists, Bandits, Rebels and Other Violent Actors on JSTOR
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3993760
Schmid, Alex P. “The revised academic consensus definition of terrorism.” Perspectives on Terrorism 6, no. 2 (2012).
https://web.archive.org/web/20160121134931id_/http://www.terrorismanalysts.com:80/pt/index.php/pot/article/viewFile/schmid-terrorism-definition/385
Max Abrahms, “The T-word: When is an attack terrorism?” Los Angeles Times, November 8, 2017
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-abrahms-terrorist-definition-20171108-story.html
Why the Christmas day Nashville bombing is so odd (usatoday.com)
Krueger, Alan B., and Jitka Maleckova. “Does poverty cause terrorism?.” The New Republic 226, no. 24 (2002): 27-33.
Does Poverty Cause Terrorism? (nber.org)
Piazza, James A. “Rooted in poverty?: Terrorism, poor economic development, and social cleavages 1.” Terrorism and Political Violence 18, no. 1 (2006): 159-177.
ftpv57338 159..177 (sisd.net)
Fearon, James D., and David D. Laitin. “Ethnicity, insurgency, and civil war.” American political science review 97, no. 1 (2003): 75-90.
apsa011.pdf (stanford.edu)
Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3XzlmwYnXE&t=80s
Jobs To Prevent Jihadis? A Look At Terrorism And Poverty
Questions (choose one)
Why does it matter how we define terrorism?
Do you disagree with the standard academic definition of terrorism?
To what extent does poverty cause terrorism and why?
Please choose one question to answer. I would prefer that you write a short essa
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