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Earth Liberation Front: Terroriserande vandaler eller vandaliserande terrorister?

Bergvall, Viktor LU and Veijalainen, Seija LU (2014) FKVA22 20132
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This study aims to analyze how the Earth Liberation Front (E.L.F.) is being displayed by the F.B.I. and by themselves between the years 2001-2005. A social constructivist perspective i a useful theoretical tool for highlighting how the framing in narratives is affected by the different social constructions of concept. The main findings indicate important differences of how central concepts, such as violence, is being interpreted by the concerned agents, which results in separate approaches to what can be viewed as a legitimate action. This results in separate framings of the E.L.F. as either a dangerous eco-terrorist organization without emphasis on underlying motives, as well as an earth defending movement based on necessary illegal... (More)
This study aims to analyze how the Earth Liberation Front (E.L.F.) is being displayed by the F.B.I. and by themselves between the years 2001-2005. A social constructivist perspective i a useful theoretical tool for highlighting how the framing in narratives is affected by the different social constructions of concept. The main findings indicate important differences of how central concepts, such as violence, is being interpreted by the concerned agents, which results in separate approaches to what can be viewed as a legitimate action. This results in separate framings of the E.L.F. as either a dangerous eco-terrorist organization without emphasis on underlying motives, as well as an earth defending movement based on necessary illegal action. (Less)
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author
Bergvall, Viktor LU and Veijalainen, Seija LU
supervisor
organization
course
FKVA22 20132
year
type
L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
subject
keywords
Earth Liberation Front — E.L.F. — F.B.I. — Eco-Terrorism — Narrative Analysis — Social Constructivism — Terrorism — Radical Social Movement — Ideology — Identity
language
Swedish
id
4239218
date added to LUP
2014-02-04 19:00:41
date last changed
2014-02-04 19:00:41
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  abstract     = {{This study aims to analyze how the Earth Liberation Front (E.L.F.) is being displayed by the F.B.I. and by themselves between the years 2001-2005. A social constructivist perspective i a useful theoretical tool for highlighting how the framing in narratives is affected by the different social constructions of concept. The main findings indicate important differences of how central concepts, such as violence, is being interpreted by the concerned agents, which results in separate approaches to what can be viewed as a legitimate action. This results in separate framings of the E.L.F. as either a dangerous eco-terrorist organization without emphasis on underlying motives, as well as an earth defending movement based on necessary illegal action.}},
  author       = {{Bergvall, Viktor and Veijalainen, Seija}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Earth Liberation Front: Terroriserande vandaler eller vandaliserande terrorister?}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}