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Hierarchie oder Netzwerk? Zu den Organisationsformen des Terrorismus
Ist Teil von
Berliner journal für Soziologie, 2004-06, Vol.14 (2), p.251-262
Ort / Verlag
Berlin: Springer Nature B.V
Erscheinungsjahr
2004
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Beschreibungen/Notizen
In this article, the organizational forms of terrorism are analyzed on the basis of an extensive literature search. In the literature on terrorism, the hierarchical form of the "old", nationally bounded terrorism of organizations like ETA, IRA or Hamas is contrasted to the new "networks of terror" represented mainly by Al Qaida. In fact, however, both old and new forms of terrorism are characterized by a mixture of hierarchical and network-like organizational features. Both old and new forms of terrorism moreover display a set of additional features that fit neither a hierarchical nor a network model of organization. These features include a special mode of control and a special mode of loose coupling, both based on strong ideological identification. Together, these distinctive features of organized terrorism represent a special type of governance that goes beyond the familiar forms of hierarchy, network, and community.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]