Hezbollah
(2014) FKVA22 20132Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- This thesis is a case study with the purpose to add to the discussion of the conceptualisation of Hezbollah. Motivated by the blacklisting of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization by the European Union and the United States Neumanns theory regarding ‘old and new terrorism’ is applied. The three variables that are the cornerstones of Neumanns theory are following; aims, method and structure. In these three categories Neumann argue that there has been a transition over the last decades. Neumann does not argue that it is a question of old or new, but rather a scale where an organisation has ‘older or newer’ characteristics. This thesis results shows that on this scale Hezbollah should be viewed as an organisation with mainly old... (More)
- This thesis is a case study with the purpose to add to the discussion of the conceptualisation of Hezbollah. Motivated by the blacklisting of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization by the European Union and the United States Neumanns theory regarding ‘old and new terrorism’ is applied. The three variables that are the cornerstones of Neumanns theory are following; aims, method and structure. In these three categories Neumann argue that there has been a transition over the last decades. Neumann does not argue that it is a question of old or new, but rather a scale where an organisation has ‘older or newer’ characteristics. This thesis results shows that on this scale Hezbollah should be viewed as an organisation with mainly old characteristics. (Less)
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- author
- Thomasson, Zacharias LU and Olsson, Elin LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- FKVA22 20132
- year
- 2014
- type
- L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
- subject
- keywords
- Hezbollah, Lebanon, Neumann, terrorism, fallstudie, ny, gammal
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 4239231
- date added to LUP
- 2014-02-04 18:59:15
- date last changed
- 2014-02-04 18:59:15
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