Is terrorism perceived in security studies as an effective strategy?

• Authors: Juliusz Piwowarski , Patrycja Węglarz

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this paper is to present standpoints prevailing among the researchers of terrorism, which refer to the problem of efficiency of terrorism treated as a coercive strategy. Authors basing on the scientific papers, which in their opinion are of key importance for this discussion, indicate the most important arguments in favor of the efficiency of terrorism and opposite ones. according to which not only terrorism is inefficient, but also antiterrorist strategies built upon misinterpreted attacks – must turn out to be defective. Analyzing few important publications in the discussed matter authors recall the notions included in it in order to provide an overview of the most important conceptions.

Keywords

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Security; terrorism; counterterrorism; coercion

• Publisher: Wyższa Szkoła Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego i Indywidualnego “Apeiron” w Krakowie
• Journal: Security Dimensions: International & National Studies
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 12(12)
• Pages: 205-211

Contributors

author

Juliusz Piwowarski

author

Patrycja Węglarz

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

1861723