PPT-War, Terrorism, and the Balance of Power

Ch 14 The Problem in Sociological Perspective Arms race Cold war Why is war common An instinct to fight The sociological answer societies channel aggression Sociologists and anthropologists do not look within. The divisions in the United States in the mid-1800s were about . States’ Rights and Political Power . Slavery was the face of these differences, but NOT the cause of these differences.. North . Industrial. evaluation. of teaching. Get out a piece of paper. Keep it anonymous. What should Ron:. Start doing. -- new things that might work. Stop doing. -- things that aren’t working. Continue doing. -- things that are working. Key questions. What is terrorism?. What are the social and political effects of terrorism?. Why do non-state groups choose terrorism as a form of political action?. Why do states use terrorism?. Plan of Today’s Lecture. nd. …. The History of Terrorism as a Strategy of Political Insurgency. Section 2. SubmitAndPray.com. Tyrannicide. and Regicide. Aristotle wrote “Subjects attack their sovereigns out of fear or contempt, or because they have been unjustly treated by them”. World War I: history and explanation. World War II: history and explanation. War and its causes. Outline. Three definitions of “balance of power”. Description of distribution of existing power between states. . Making sense of proscription. Lee Jarvis and Tim . Legrand. Contact: Lee Jarvis, School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication . S. tudies. University of East . A. nglia. l.jarvis@uea.ac.uk. . Political . violence . .  . violence or the threat of violence, especially bombing, kidnapping, and assassination, carried out for political purposes, the experience of terror or fear as the proximate aim of that violence. No accepted definition.. Dictionary: . the use of force or threats to demoralize, intimidate and subjugate, especially as a political weapon. Civilians as victims . only . innocent . civilians in Israel and US do not exist-Bin . “What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.” Ecclesiastes 1:9, ESV. Definition: The . use of violence against people or property to force changes. Rehan. . Asghar. . With my group mates. Faizan. Ali. M. . Haris. M. . Hasan. . Arif. Ahmed . Sharafat. . Terrorism. From where it started. , To where it will lead. What is . Terrorism. ?. . . The word terrorism is derived from a Latin word “. Get out a piece of paper. Keep it anonymous. What should . Prof. Mitchell:. Start doing. -- new things that might work. Stop doing. -- things that aren’t working. Continue doing. -- things that are working. V for Vendetta World Literature Dystopian Film & Literature Mr. Mahoney Background Guy Fawkes tried to blow up Parliament on Nov 5, 1605 (Gunpowder Treason) Government protestor acting alone (like V) Outline War and its causes Balance of Power theory World War I: history and explanation World War II: history and explanation Causes of war (Farnsworth, 1992) Human nature Balance of power theory – imbalances cause war Arab Convention for the Suppression of Terrorismwas adopted by the Council of Arab Ministers of the Interior and the Council of Arab Ministers of Justice in Cairo gypt in 1998 Terrorism was defined in