Causes of Terrorism
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Causes of Terrorism
Akhmat, G., Zaman, K., Shukui, T., & Sajjad, F. (2014). Exploring the root causes of terrorism in South Asia: everybody should be concerned. Quality & Quantity, 48(6), 3065-3079.
According to Akhmat and his colleagues, a lot of research has been going around since the act of terrorism started among people. Researchers and scholars have been sticking their heads on books and internet sources to find out what this term terrorism means theoretically and what would be the causes of terrorism. Terrorism doesn’t entirely occur when a nation is attacked; it is more natural as it sounds because what causes terror sometimes lie deeper the societies while other causes may just be lying with the leaders on a nation. Terrorism has its root cause which results in the various causes of terrorism, Akhmat identifies these causes as structural causes, facilitator causes, motivational and triggering causes.
Coccia, M. (2018). A theory of general causes of terrorism: high population growth, income inequality and relative deprivation. Archives of Psychology, 2(4).
Coccia outlines that structural causes often exist at a macro level. These are the type of cause that people may or may not recognize while affecting their daily lives. Some of these causes may include globalization, rapid modernization and individualism. These causes are considered to be related social causes of terrorism which if not detected, may cause huge harm to the society. With facilitator causes, Coccia says that these make terrorism possible and affecting people but are not prime movers. They are causes such as transportation, modern news media, and week state control. For instance, it’s easy to see leaders trying to persuade people to act individually and in groups, and nothing motivates people. This is a cold form of terror. He also talks about motivational causes as those acts that tunes individuals to commit terrorist actions. This type of cause is considered to be connected to both structural and facilitator causes. Social status and poverty among people is a good example of a motivator for someone to commit terror. Without money, people tend to engage in acts that result in terrorism.