THE MAIN ACTORS IN THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM (GWOT) AND THEIR SOCIAL NETWORKS, ALLOCATIVE AND AUTHORITATIVE RESOURCES (Hlavni akteri globalni valky proti terorismu (GWOT), jejich socialni site, alokativni a autoritativni zdroje)

• Authors: Eichler Jan
• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This study deals with the issue of global terrorism. It begins with Beck's description of a pattern of behaviour which is in contradiction with the interests of civilisation. Next, it evaluates Bush's choice between two flows of social capital and his GWOT strategy from the perspective of Giddens' concept of norms and resources. The encounter between the 43rd U.S. president and the al-Qaida chief is explained as a duel between a patron and a broker. The study goes on to provide a comparison of the main actors' social networks and social capital from 9/11/2001 up to the present. In the end, the author juxtaposes the U.S. direct strategic culture and the crafty and insidious culture of al-Qaida and its allied movements.

Keywords

EN

AL-QAIDA; BECK ULRICH; GIDDEN ANTHONY; GLOBAL TERROR; GWOT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; USA

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Sociológia (Sociology)
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 41
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 457-484
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Eichler Jan

• Jan Eichler, Ustav mezinarodnich vztahu, Nerudova 3, 11850 Praha, Czech Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09SKAAAA07049