From Terrorism to Politics

by Anisseh Van Engeland, Rachael M Rudolph, Patrick Hayden, Tom Lansford

Overview

How do terrorists become politicians? This book embraces a series of comparative case studies in order to examine important issues regarding the relationship between terrorism and political processes. It identifies the characteristics necessary for the transition from a 'terrorist' organization to a political party and situates this within broader debates about substantive ethical concerns motivating the distinction between legitimate politics and illegitimate violence.

The volume offers a presentation of how some terrorist groups see the world in which they live. It also provides an understanding of how established democracies such as the US react to the phenomenon of the terrorist-politician transition. This is a useful resource for students and scholars of international relations, political ethics and comparative politics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409498704
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	03/28/2013
Series:	Ethics and Global Politics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Anisseh Van Engeland, Max Weber Fellow at European University Institute, Assistant Professor, James Madison University, and free lance consultant, USA and Rachael M. Rudolph, Assistant Professor at Emory & Henry College and Instructor at West Virginia University, USA

Table of Contents

Contents: Foreword; Introduction: the transition process, Rachael M. Rudolph; A successful 'turn over': the African National Congress moves from sabotage to a legitimate political force and from apartheid to democracy, Anisseh Van Engeland; Hezbollah: from a terrorist group to a political party – social work as a key to politics, Anisseh Van Engeland; Political movements in the making: the Irish Republican Army and Sinn Féin, Anisseh Van Engeland; A political movement to make peace or war? Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) and Batasuna – the impossible truce, Anisseh Van Engeland; The Islamic Resistance movement in Palestine (Hamas): a successful transition, but will it survive?, Rachael M. Rudolph; The Islamic Jihad movement in Palestine: a wild card in Palestinian politics?, Rachael M. Rudolph; The Islamic Salvation Front: transition FIS-style, Rachael M. Rudolph; Failed attempts: the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) and Union Patriotica (UP), Anisseh Van Engeland; Transition in the Philippines: the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)and the Abu Sayyaf's Group (ASG), Rachael M. Rudolph; Terrorism all the way! Terrorist nihilist groups: the example of al Qaeda, Anisseh Van Engeland; Conclusion: toward a transition theory and implications, Rachael M. Rudolph; Bibliography; Index.