Module Specifications.
Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025
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Date posted: September 2024
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Coursework Only An essay from a list. |
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Description The events of 9/11 spectacularly highlighted the destructive capacity of international terrorism, whilst also demonstrating its profound capacity to affect the international system. Though the phenomenon of ‘Islamist Terrorism’—as it is commonly denoted—subsequently came to dominate modern conceptions of terrorism, it is important to recall the history of terrorism and take note of the changing landscape around contemporary political violence. As such, this course examines some of the key dimensions of international terrorism, both historical and contemporary, and provides students with a broad range of perspectives from which to engage with the subject. The conceptual framework for this course is structured around a central dichotomy between ‘old’ and ‘new’. In this sense, students will be challenged as to whether it is possible to distinguish between socalled ‘old’ and ‘new’ terrorism, and with the advent of more ‘critical’ approaches to the study of terrorism, whether one can discern between ‘old terrorism studies’ and an emergent ‘new terrorism studies’. Accordingly, this course is placed at the cutting-edge of recent developments within the associated literature. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Outcomes 1. Acknowledge the difficulties surrounding the definition of terrorism 2. Comprehend the historical antecedents of, types, and purported causes of modern terrorism 3. Debate current 'hot topics' within the relevant literature, particularly the alleged divisions between old versus new terrorism and 'traditional' versus 'critical' Terrorism Studies 4. Compare and contrast states counterterrorism strategies 5. Analyse the range of academic research that has been conducted in this area and the problems with same 6. Critically engage with descriptions and analyses of terrorism/sub-state political violence appearing in the mass media | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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