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100	1		_aACKERMAN Gary A.
700			_aBURNHAM Michael
245			_aTowards a definition of terrorist ideology/ _cGary A. Ackerman & Michael Burnham
260			_c2021
520			_aWhile conventional wisdom holds that the ideology espoused by a terrorist organization is somehow related to that organization's actions, the precise nature of the relationship between these phenomena is hotly debated, with scholarship often yielding contrasting empirical results. We argue that one reason for this divergence in viewpoints and research findings is an inadequate understanding of what ideology actually is and how it relates to terrorism. Indeed, the terrorism literature reveals widely disparate uses of the concept of terrorist ideology. This article endeavors to provide a common framework for approaching ideology in the context of terrorism studies by systematically building a new definition of terrorist ideology from first principles. In so doing, we introduce a definition of terrorist ideology that is logically consistent, has robust theoretical underpinnings, and connects the study of ideology within terrorism to broader disciplinary research traditions regarding ideology. This provides a conceptual foundation from which to examine terrorist ideology in an objective, systematic manner and thereby enables terrorism researchers to more productively investigate important outstanding questions, such as which aspects of an ideology are most relevant to violent behavior.
650			_aIDEOLOGY
650			_aDEFINITION
650			_aCONCEPTUAL
650			_aINTERDISCIPLINARY _xCONTESTED
650			_aTERRORISM
773			_aTerrorism and Political Violence: _gVol. 33, Nos. 5-8, July-December 2021, pp. 1160-1190 (116)
598			_aTERRORISM
856			_uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09546553.2019.1599862 _zClick here for full text
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