Lone wolf terrorists: competing perspectives

Perugia, Rebecca (A.A. 2020/2021) Lone wolf terrorists: competing perspectives. Tesi di Laurea in Sociology of terrorism, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Alessandro Orsini, pp. 58. [Bachelor's Degree Thesis]

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Abstract/Index

The relevance of lone wolf terrorists. Competing definitions of the lone wolf phenomenon. Empirical studies on lone actors. Mark Hamm and Ramon Spaaij’s database on lone wolves’ background factors and motivations. Analogy between lone wolves and terrorist organizations. Locus (places) of radicalization of lone actors. Radicalization model of lone wolf terrorism. Clark McCauley and Sophia Moskalenko on the individual mechanisms of radicalization. Objections to the presumed solitude of lone wolves. Carlos Leon Bledsoe and the little rock military shooting. Brenton Harrison Tarrant and the Christchurch terror attack. Similarities between Islamist-Jihadist and right-wing extremist ideologies.

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Bibliografia e sitografia: pp. 45-49.

Thesis Type: Bachelor's Degree Thesis
Institution: Luiss Guido Carli
Degree Program: Bachelor's Degree Programs > Bachelor's Degree Program in Political Science (L36)
Chair: Sociology of terrorism
Thesis Supervisor: Orsini, Alessandro
Academic Year: 2020/2021
Session: Summer
Deposited by: Alessandro Perfetti
Date Deposited: 01 Oct 2021 13:05
Last Modified: 01 Oct 2021 13:05
URI: https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/30329

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