Political parties and the formation of terrorist groups |
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| Authors: | Leonard Weinberg William Eubank |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Professor of Political Science , University of Nevada , Reno;2. Fulbright senior research fellow at the University of Florence ,;3. Member of the Committee on Political sociology , International Political Science Association ,;4. Associate Professor of Political Science , University of Nevado , Reno |
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| Abstract: | Where do modern terrorist group come from? How do they begin? This article establishes that most often they emerge from political parties. An effort is made to identify the relevant types of parties and the internal party dynamics which may have led to terrorist activity. Also, it is asserted that party‐terrorist group links are most likely to occur in nations whose political systems are going through episodes of regime transformation. |
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