An analytical history of terrorism, 1945-2000

Author: Shughart, William¹

Source: Public Choice, Volume 128, Numbers 1-2, July 2006 , pp. 7-39(33)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

This paper traces the history of modern terrorism from the end of the Second World War to the beginning of the twenty-first century. It divides that history into three stylized waves: terrorism in the service of national liberation and ethnic separatism, left-wing terrorism, and Islamist terrorism. Adopting a constitutional political economy perspective, the paper argues that terrorism is rooted in the artificial nation-states created during the interwar period and suggests solutions grounded in liberal federalist constitutions and, perhaps, new political maps for the Middle East, Central Asia and other contemporary terrorist homelands.

Keywords: Terrorism; National liberation; Ethnic separatism; Left-wing terrorism; Islamist terrorism; Rational choice; Constitutional political economy

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1007/s11127-006-9043-y

Affiliations: 1: Email: shughart@olemiss.edu

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