1. On completion of this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the debates surrounding old and new terrorism.
Knowledge & Understanding

2. On completion of this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of key sociological approaches towards the study of terrorism.
Knowledge & Understanding

3. On completion of this module, you will be able to express theories and ideas coherently in a structured written format.
Communication

The essay will assess students’ achievement of all three Learning Outcomes.

This module provides students with the systematic theoretical and empirical study of old and new types of terrorism and political violence. The module commences with the analysis of theoretical and ideological approaches towards terrorism and an investigation of the historical context, causes and effects of old terrorism.

For 150 hours, of which 26 will be class contact and 124 hours will be guided independent study. Whole group contact will consist of lectures and workshops.

• Amir Rana, M. (2005): The Seeds of Terrorism, London: New Millennium
• Bjorgo, T. (ed) (2005) Root Causes of Terrorism: Myths, Realities and Ways Forward, London: Routledge.
• Crenshaw, M. (2011) Explaining Terrorism: Causes, Processes and Consequences, New York: Routledge.
• Fest, K.A. (2011) America Responds to Terrorism: Conflict Resolution Strategies of Clinton, Bush, and Obama, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Herschinger, E. (2011) Constructing Global Enemies: Hegemony and Identity in International Discourses on Terrorism and Drug Prohibition, New York: Routledge.
• Jackson, R., & Sinclair, S. J. (Eds.). (2012). Contemporary debates on terrorism. Abingdon, UK: Routledge
• Jackson, R., Jarvis, L., Gunning, J., & Breen Smyth, M. (2011). Terrorism: A critical introduction. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan
• Jackson, R. (2005) Writing the War on Terrorism: Language, Politics and Counter-Terrorism, Manchester, University of Manchester Press.
• Martin, G. (2011) Essentials of Terrorism: Concepts and Controversies, Los Angeles: Sage.
• Pedahzur, A. (ed) (2007) Root Causes of Suicide Terrorism: The Globalization of Martyrdom, New York: Routledge.
• Sageman, M. (2007) Leaderless Jihad: Terror Networks in the Twenty-First Century, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
• Schmid, A. and Jongman, A. (1988) Political Terrorism: A New Guide to Actors, Authors, Concepts, Data bases, Theories, and Literature, Transaction Books: New Brunswick, NJ
• Silke, A. (2004) Research on Terrorism: Trends, Achievments and Failures, Abingdon, Oxon, Routledge.
• Webel, C.P. and J.A. Arnaldi (eds) (2011) The Ethics and Efficacy of the Global War on Terrorism: Fighting Terror with Terror, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

• The library
• PCs with standard suite of University software providing access to e-mail, the internet, word processing, etc.
• Lecture rooms with access for disabled students, and suitable for group work
• The Blackboard virtual learning environment

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What is ‘terrorism’? That is the question that frames this module. Since 9/11 the word ‘terrorism’ has become part of our daily vernacular and yet there is significant confusion and debate about its meaning and its causes. This module enters into these debates and begins by looking at various definitions of ‘terrorism’ and the different types of ‘terrorism’. Can we say we have entered into a new era of ‘terrorism’?