Thesis (M.S. in Joint Campaign Planning and Strategy)--Joint Forces Staff College, Joint Advanced Warfighting School, 2006. / "14 April 2006." Electronic version of original print document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-68).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Drexel University, 2006. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 77-85).

Thesis (M.S.)--Naval Postgraduate School, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 110-115). Also available online.

Thesis (M.S. in Joint Campaign Planning and Strategy)--Joint Forces Staff College, Joint Advanced Warfighting School, 2006. / "15 April 2006." Electronic version of original print document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-87).

Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2007. / Thesis Advisor(s): Dorothy Denning. "June 2007." Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-62). Also available in print.

This thesis explores the geographies of Islamist terrorism (particularly, in the post-9/11 era), using carefully selected literary works as a vehicle for social critique. This innovative approach to terrorism research helps to transcend the constraints faced by terrorism researchers (especially, academics) due to the unavailability of sensitive data or the so-called 'classified information'. It equally brings to terrorism research, and to this thesis (in particular), what may be described as 'border-crossing', resulting in a multiplicity of perspectives, and consequently, facilitates the rethinking of counterterrorism from the standpoint of inconsistent multiplicity. This thesis thus comprises eight chapters, which are thematised in a way that they investigate the multifaceted layers of contemporary terrorism with specific emphasis on the social processes that produce radicalism and terrorism and the various ways in which terrorism and military counterterrorism are shaped not only by values but by the politics of terrorism. The first two chapters consider the definition problem in terrorism, current and prominent studies in the field, and the place of literature in terrorism research while establishing the arguments for the methodology and theoretical frameworks used in the analysis of the primary texts. Chapter Three examines the role that values play in shaping the violence that typifies Islamist terrorism and military counterterrorism. While Chapter Four interrogates the notion that 'religious ideology' plays a significant role in Islamist radicalisation, Chapter Five discusses the morality of contemporary terrorism. Chapter Six argues that the state of exception, which has become integral in the war on terror, is a reflection of the interplay of biopolitics and Orientalism in the post 9/11 era. Chapter Seven examines 'gender terrorism' and the post-9/11 trauma. Finally, Chapter Eight, evaluates the politics of 'truth', which characterises jihadi terrorism and military counterterrorism.

Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2006. / Thesis Advisor(s): Letitia L. Lawson. "December 2006." AD-A462 614. Includes bibliographical references (p.67-75). Also available via the World Wide Web.

Thesis (Honors)--College of William and Mary, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 98-115). Also available via the World Wide Web.

Thesis (M.S.)--Missouri State University, 2008. / "May 2008." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 146-160). Also available online.

Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních věd / Smetanovo nábřeží 6, 110 01 Praha 1 info@fsv.cuni.cz, tel: 222 112 111 www.fsv.cuni.cz V Praze dne 09.06.2021 Jméno a příjmení studenta: Stefanie Schmidt Identifikační číslo studenta: 80760757 Identifikační číslo studia: 486229 Jazyk práce: angličtina Název práce v jazyce práce: Terrorist Attacks as "Policy Windows": A Discourse Network Analysis of German Parliamentary Debates Název práce v českém jazyce: Teroristické útoky jako politické příležitosti: Diskurzivní analýza německých parlamentních debat Vedoucí práce: PhDr. Vít Střítecký, M.Phil., Ph.D. Oponent práce: prof. Volker Schneider, Dr. Abstract in English is not available.