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In recent decades, understanding terrorism and devising effective counter-terrorist strategies has become a top priority of national security decision-makers and the academia. Yet, at present there exists no agreed-upon definition of what constitutes terrorism. Consequently, scholars face a number of crippling substantive and methodological issues (conceptual stretching, indeterminate population boundaries, inability to generalize, biased inferences). This paper combines Giovanni Sartori's concept of the "ladder of generality" with the logic underlying Linnaean binomial taxonomy to offer a framework for thinking about constructing cases and populations for comparative research. |
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concept formation, terrorism, definition, population, Sartori, qualitative methodology, conceptual stretching, "ladder of generality" |
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Name: International Studies Association 48th Annual Convention
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| Bogatyrenko, Olga. "Definitional Analysis of Terrorism: Constructing Cases and Populations for Social Science Research" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association 48th Annual Convention, Hilton Chicago, CHICAGO, IL, USA, Feb 28, 2007 <Not Available>. 2009-05-24 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p181421_index.html> |
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| Bogatyrenko, O. , 2007-02-28 "Definitional Analysis of Terrorism: Constructing Cases and Populations for Social Science Research" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association 48th Annual Convention, Hilton Chicago, CHICAGO, IL, USA Online <PDF>. 2009-05-24 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p181421_index.html |
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Abstract: In recent decades, understanding terrorism and devising effective counter-terrorist strategies has become a top priority of national security decision-makers and the academia. Yet, at present there exists no agreed-upon definition of what constitutes terrorism. Consequently, scholars face a number of crippling substantive and methodological issues (conceptual stretching, indeterminate population boundaries, inability to generalize, biased inferences). This paper combines Giovanni Sartori's concept of the "ladder of generality" with the logic underlying Linnaean binomial taxonomy to offer a framework for thinking about constructing cases and populations for comparative research. |
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| Definitional Analysis of Terrorism: Constructing Concepts and Populations for Social Science Research Paper Prepared by Olga Bogatyrenko for delivery at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association February-March 2007 Chicago Olga Bogatyrenko University of California Davis Email: obogatyrenko@ucdavis.edu February 2007 * This paper is work in progress and will undergo significant revisions. Do not cite without author’s permission. 1 Introduction “As a new century dawned a newly elected U.S. president was forced to confront a grave threat |
| Alex P. and A. J. Jongman (1988) Political Terrorism: A New Guide to Actors Authors Concepts Data Bases Theories and Literature: Transaction Publishers. Schmitter Philippe and Terry Karl (1991) "What Democracy Is. And Is Not." Journal of Democracy 2 (3):75-88. Sederberg Peter C. (1995) ""Conciliation as Counter-Terrorist Strategy."" Journal of Peace Research 32 (3):295-312. 31 Tucker David (1997) Skirmishes at the Edge of Empire: the United States and International Terrorism. Westport Conn.: Praeger. Wilkinson P. (1974) Political Terrorism.: Macmillan. |
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