The (Un)changing Hamas: A 'New' Hamas in a New World?
(2019) FKVK02 20191Department 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
- 2019
- 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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