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Terrorism: A Peace Psychological Analysis
Author(s) -
Wagner Richard V.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2006.00444.x
Subject(s) - terrorism , peacemaking , peacebuilding , peacekeeping , context (archaeology) , politics , criminology , political violence , political science , conflict resolution , psychology , social psychology , law , paleontology , biology
Peace psychologists emphasize the importance of recognizing both direct and structural bases of peace and conflict. In the peace psychological analysis of terrorism presented here, I attempt to further our understanding of the bases of terrorism in the context of how inequities in political, economic, and social structures may feed into or exacerbate terrorism. I analyze the effectiveness of responses to terrorism in terms of the tripartite peacekeeping, peacemaking, and peacebuilding model of nonviolent response to violence.