Response to Cilluffo and Gergely |
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Authors: | Matthew G. Devost Brian K. Houghton Neal Allen Pollard |
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Affiliation: | 1. Systems Analyst/Engineer for the Information Systems and Technology Group , SAIC , McLean, Virginia;2. Information warfare analyst for the Strategic Assessment Center , SAIC , McLean, Virginia |
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Abstract: | Research on the motives of those who engage in small group political violence typically takes a qualitative or quantitative form. I argue that researchers should seek to understand why people engage in small group political violence, and that the best way to achieve such understanding is to employ both. The advantages of this approach are discussed in this paper, as is the importance of recognizing that the activities of all actors in any given violent location, including state actors, should be accounted for in research. |
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Keywords: | Al Qaeda insurgency Iraq jihadists suicide bombers terrorism |
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