V for Vendetta: Government Mass Killing and Domestic Terrorism

Scholarship explores the impact of human rights abuse and state repression on terrorism. Heretofore, scholarship has ignored the impact of government-sponsored killings on domestic terrorism. This article proposes that mass killings create a focal point for terrorist mobilization. The vendetta agend...

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Published inStudies in conflict and terrorism Vol. 40; no. 11; pp. 934 - 965
Main Authors Avdan, Nazli, Uzonyi, Gary
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Routledge 02.11.2017
Taylor & Francis LLC
Subjects
Atrocities
COUNTER TERRORISM
Domestic terrorism
Human rights
Human rights violations
Killing
Mass murders
Massacres
Mobilization
NATIONAL SECURITY
Oppression
RADICALISM
Repression (Defense mechanism)
Scholarship
TERRORISM
Violence
UNITED STATES
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Summary:Scholarship explores the impact of human rights abuse and state repression on terrorism. Heretofore, scholarship has ignored the impact of government-sponsored killings on domestic terrorism. This article proposes that mass killings create a focal point for terrorist mobilization. The vendetta agenda fuels violence by animating retributory violence. Additionally, mass atrocities create a permissive environment for violent nonstate activity. A spiral of violence ensues whereby groups resort to terrorism. Utilizing data from the Global Terrorism Database, 1971-2011, the study shows that mass killings significantly increase domestic terrorism. It contributes to emerging scholarship examining how state policies influence terrorist activity.
Bibliography:STUDIES IN CONFLICT AND TERRORISM, Vol. 40, No. 11, 2017: 934-965
2017-09-28T11:53:26+10:00
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ISSN:1057-610X
1521-0731
DOI:10.1080/1057610X.2016.1250553