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The (Un)changing Hamas: A 'New' Hamas in a New World?

Arnér, Leo LU (2019) FKVK02 20191
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Terrorism seems to have changed character in the wake of globalization and the modern world. The unclear magnitude of these changes has given rise to a debate on whether terrorism today can be labeled as ‘new’. This thesis examines how the terrorist organization Hamas should be defined in this debate on the character of contemporary terrorism. The study is carried out as a theory-testing case study, in order to try Peter R. Neumann’s theory ‘Old & New Terrorism' with previously unproved empirical data. Three operational frameworks based on this theory guides the analysis of empirical material related to Hamas's character. The main concepts of interest are its structure, aims, methods. The study concludes that the character of Hamas is... (More)
Terrorism seems to have changed character in the wake of globalization and the modern world. The unclear magnitude of these changes has given rise to a debate on whether terrorism today can be labeled as ‘new’. This thesis examines how the terrorist organization Hamas should be defined in this debate on the character of contemporary terrorism. The study is carried out as a theory-testing case study, in order to try Peter R. Neumann’s theory ‘Old & New Terrorism' with previously unproved empirical data. Three operational frameworks based on this theory guides the analysis of empirical material related to Hamas's character. The main concepts of interest are its structure, aims, methods. The study concludes that the character of Hamas is equally ‘old' and ‘new'. The results show that the theory gives a better understanding of where to locate a terrorist group on the evolutionary spectrum of ‘older' or ‘newer', but lacks the ability to assess the importance of each individual characteristic. (Less)
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author
Arnér, Leo LU
supervisor
organization
course
FKVK02 20191
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Hamas, Old Terrorism, New Terrorism, Palestine, Israel
language
English
id
8977762
date added to LUP
2019-09-06 10:23:23
date last changed
2019-09-06 10:23:23
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  abstract     = {{Terrorism seems to have changed character in the wake of globalization and the modern world. The unclear magnitude of these changes has given rise to a debate on whether terrorism today can be labeled as ‘new’. This thesis examines how the terrorist organization Hamas should be defined in this debate on the character of contemporary terrorism. The study is carried out as a theory-testing case study, in order to try Peter R. Neumann’s theory ‘Old & New Terrorism' with previously unproved empirical data. Three operational frameworks based on this theory guides the analysis of empirical material related to Hamas's character. The main concepts of interest are its structure, aims, methods. The study concludes that the character of Hamas is equally ‘old' and ‘new'. The results show that the theory gives a better understanding of where to locate a terrorist group on the evolutionary spectrum of ‘older' or ‘newer', but lacks the ability to assess the importance of each individual characteristic.}},
  author       = {{Arnér, Leo}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The (Un)changing Hamas: A 'New' Hamas in a New World?}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}