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Is ‘terrorism’ an essentially ‘contested’ concept? What are the different manifestations of ‘terrorism’ as a concept, and as practice?

  • UPSC 2012
  • 20 marks
  • Key Concepts in International Relations

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W. B. Gallie ("Essentially Contested Concepts", 1956) called a concept essentially contested when it is appraisive, internally complex, variously describable and open to endless dispute that no evidence can settle. Terrorism meets every test, yet the dispute lies at its edges more than at its core, and it shows both in how the idea is…

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  • Why terrorism is essentially contested
  • Manifestations as a concept
  • Manifestations in practice
  • The causes debate
  • Conclusion
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