Terrorism: An Overview

Olumuyiwa Temitope Faluyi, Sultan Khan () and Adeoye O. Akinola ()
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Olumuyiwa Temitope Faluyi: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Sultan Khan: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Adeoye O. Akinola: University of Zululand

Chapter Chapter 2 in Boko Haram’s Terrorism and the Nigerian State, 2019, pp 13-29 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The chapter reviews the salient literature on terrorism and examines its historical origin, evolution and nature. It also unravels the difference between terrorism and other forms of political violence, and the categorization of Boko Haram as a terrorist group. Finally, the chapter probes the conceptual clarification of counter-terrorism and locates it in global epistemology. Conceptions of terrorism and its modus operandi vary slightly across countries and its diverse nature has also influenced the variations prevalent in counter-terrorism.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-05737-4_2

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