Secessionism and Terrorism
This book examines secessionist terrorism in a comparative context across Europe and Eurasia.
The volume seeks to uncover comparative linkages between terrorism and secessionism; specifically examining terrorist organizations that also have a political goal of independence. It examines a wide range of case studies, including the IRA in Northern Ireland, ETA in the Basque Country, FLNC in Corsica and ARD in Brittany, KLA in Kosovo, PKK and TAK in Turkish Kurdistan, and IK in Chechnya. In doing so, the book shows the linkages in terrorist tactics and demands, as well as when and how ceasefires come into place. Ultimately, none of the terrorist organizations studied here has obtained their maximalist goal of gaining independence, but each has caused significant bloodshed, and has contributed to the debate on the future of governance in Europe and Eurasia. The major strength of this format is to glean wider lessons on ethno-nationalism, as well as the causes and outcomes of terrorist actions. Each case study also updates the literature on the individual cases to provide the most recent account of events in these countries.
This book will be of much interest to students of terrorism and political violence, ethnic conflict, nationalism, European politics and International Relations in general.
Glen M.E. Duerr is Associate Professor of International Studies, Cedarville University, USA, and is author of Secessionism and the European Union (2015).
Political Violence
Series Editor: John G. Horgan
Georgia State University, USA
Founding Editor: David Rapoport
This book series contains sober, thoughtful, and authoritative academic accounts of terrorism and political violence. Its aim is to produce a useful taxonomy of terror and violence through comparative and historical analysis in both national and international spheres. Each book discusses origins, organizational dynamics and outcomes of particular forms and expressions of political violence.
Victims of Terrorism
A comparative and interdisciplinary study
Edited by Orla Lynch and Javier Argomaniz
Lone-Actor Terrorists
A behavioural analysis
Paul Gill
Evolutionary Psychology and Terrorism
Edited by Max Taylor, Jason Roach and Ken Pease
Understanding Apocalyptic Terrorism
Countering the radical mindset
Frances L. Flannery
Understanding Terrorism Innovation and Learning
Al-Qaeda and beyond
Edited by Magnus Ranstorp and Magnus Normark
Terrorist Histories
Individuals and political violence since the 19th Century
Caoimhe Nic Dhibhid
Secessionism and Terrorism
Bombs, Blood, and Independence in Europe and Eurasia
Edited by Glen M.E. Duerr
For more information about this series, please visit: www.routledge.com/Political-Violence/book-series/SE0196
Secessionism and Terrorism
Bombs, Blood, and Independence in Europe and Eurasia
Edited by Glen M.E. Duerr
First published 2019
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Contents
GLEN M. E. DUERR
JOHN SUTCLIFFE AND GEOFFREY ALCHIN
BRITT CARTRITE
LIAM ANDERSON
ELENA POKALOVA
VAUGHN SHANNON
LIAM ANDERSON
GLEN M. E. DUERR
GLEN M. E. DUERR
Illustrations
Figures
Tables
Contributors
Glen M.E. Duerr is Associate Professor of International Studies at Cedarville University. Born in the United Kingdom, he moved to Canada as a teenager where he obtained a B.A. from the University of Western Ontario and a M.A. from the University of Windsor, he then moved to the United States where he completed his Ph.D. from Kent State University. He is the author of the 2015 book, Secessionism and the European Union: The Future of Flanders, Scotland, and Catalonia.
John Sutcliffe is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada where he is also Department Chair. His research interests include municipal politics in Scotland and Ontario, as well as the politics of the U.S.-Canada border.
Geoffrey Alchin is currently a research assistant at the University of Windsor. He has recently completed his Master of Arts degree in Political Science at the University of Windsor. In addition, he has also co-authored two papers for the Fraser Institute on British Columbias upcoming electoral reform referendum.
Britt Cartrite (Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder, 2003) is Professor of Political Science and Associate Provost at Alma College. Dr. Cartrites research explores regionalism in Western Europe broadly, and his most recent publication, with Dan Miodownik, is Determinants of Regional Political Distinctiveness, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics (2016).
Liam Anderson is currently a Professor of Political Science at Wright State University, where he teaches classes in Comparative Politics and International Relations. His research interests focus on issues of constitutional design, particularly the use of ethnic autonomy arrangements in divided societies.
Elena Pokalova is an Associate Professor of International Security Studies at the National Defense University, Washington DC. Dr. Pokalova has a vast record of publications, including her book Chechnyas Terrorist Network: The Evolution of Terrorism in Russias North Caucasus. Her articles have appeared in such journals as Terrorism and Political Violence, Critical Studies on Terrorism, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, and the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies.
Vaughn Shannon is an associate professor of political science at Wright State Universitys School of Public and International Affairs. Dr. Shannon earned his Ph.D. at Ohio State University, with emphasis on international security, political psychology, and Middle East politics. Dr. Shannon has authored three books, including co-editing
