Constructions of Terrorism

Michael Stohl is Professor of Communication, Political Science and Global Studies and Director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.Richard Burchill is Director of Research and Engagement at TRENDS Research & Advisory, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Scott Englund is a Non-Resident Fellow with Abu Dhabi based TRENDS Research and Advisory, a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

• INTRODUCTION: CONSTRUCTIONS OF TERRORISMSCOTT ENGLUND, MICHAEL STOHL, AND RICHARD BURCHILL1. CAN TERRORISM BE DEFINED?LISA STAMPNITZKY2. MISOVERESTIMATING TERRORISMJOHN MUELLER AND MARK G. STEWART3. TERRORISM AS TACTICDAVID H. SCHANZER4. THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE TERRORISMRUTH BLAKELEY5. KILLING BEFORE AN AUDIENCE: TERRORISM AS PERFORMANCE VIOLENCEMARK JUERGENSMEYER6. CONSTRUCTING TERRORISM: FROM FEAR AND COERCION TO ANGER AND JUJITSU POLITICSCLARK MCCAULEY7. FRAMING TERRORISM: THE COMMUNICATIVE CONSTITUTION OF THE TERRORIST ACTORBENJAMIN K. SMITH, SCOTT ENGLUND, ANDREA FIGUEROA- CABALLERO, ELENA SALCIDO, AND MICHAEL STOHL8. SOME THOUGHTS ON CONSTRUCTIONS OF TERRORISM AND THE FRAMING OF THE TERRORIST THREAT IN THE UNITED KINGDOMANTHONY RICHARDS9. CONTRADICTIONS IN THE TERRORIST DISCOURSE AND CONSTRAINTS ON THE POLITICAL IMAGINATION OF VIOLENCERICHARD FALK10. LEGAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF TERRORISMRICHARD BURCHILL11. DO DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS OF TERRORISM ALTER ITS CAUSAL STORY?RACHEL LEVIN AND VICTOR ASAL12. ANALYZING PATHWAYS OF LONE-ACTOR RADICALIZATION: A RELATIONAL APPROACHSTEFAN MALTHANER AND LASSE LINDEKILDE13. CONSTRUCTING CULTURES OF MARTYRDOM ACROSS RELIGIONS, TIME, AND SPACEMIA BLOOM14. INTRODUCING THE GOVERNMENT ACTIONS IN TERROR ENVIRONMENTS (GATE) DATA SETLAURA DUGAN AND ERICA CHENOWETH15. THE WORLD VERSUS DAESH: CONSTRUCTING A CONTEMPORARY TERRORIST THREATSCOTT ENGLUND AND MICHAEL STOHLCONCLUSION: UNDERSTANDING HOW TERRORISM IS CONSTRUCTEDSCOTT ENGLUND, MICHAEL STOHL, AND RICHARD BURCHILL CONTRIBUTORSINDEX