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Orientador: João Carlos Soares Zuin / Resumo: O presente trabalho tem por objetivo contemplar uma análise sociológico histórica sobre o fenômeno do terrorismo. Focalizando o espaço temporal no cenário de globalização pós-fim da Guerra Fria, seguindo-se da reconfiguração da geopolítica global, até os dias atuais onde o terrorismo, assim como a guerra, se fazem presentes na vida de todos os cidadãos, direta ou indiretamente, cotidianamente. Buscou-se uma reconstituição histórica do fenômeno, assim como os processos que foram transformando o terrorismo em um instrumento de manipulação de massa através da dispersão do medo global. Medo este que possibilitou um contexto de militarização da vida social e da desconstrução da soberania nacional e do universo do Direito. / Abstract: The present work aims to contemplate a historical sociological analysis of the phenomenon of terrorism. Focusing the temporal space in the scenario of globalization after the end of the Cold War, followed by the reconfiguration of global geopolitics, to the present day where terrorism, as well as war, are present in the lives of all citizens, directly or indirectly, every day. We sought a reconstruction of the history of the phenomenon, as well as the processes that were transforming terrorism into an instrument of mass manipulation through the dispersion of global. Fear this that allowed a context of militarization of social life and deconstruction of national sovereignty and of the universe of the Right. / Mestre

Crimes of violence involving civil aviation interests and airline passengers have developed and diversified since their original perpetration in the 1930s. Intergovernmental cooperative efforts to suppress the offences have largely been based upon international legal, administrative activities, with the intention of producing a near-global, standardised regime of norms concerning the apprehension, extradition, prosecution and punishment of persons responsible for acts of aviation hijacking, sabotage and airport attack. While the suppressive dualities of the regime have been demonstrated in terms of common air crimes, the internationally recognised norms have had little effect in countering the act ions of fanatical offenders motivated by political aims. While concentrating upon law-based policy options premised on the notion of deterrence, governments have failed fully to recognise a pressing need for preventive activities to be improved as a principal component of crime suppression machinery. With terrorist weaponry and abilities becoming increasingly sophisticated, with most available aviation security staff and apparatus being unreliable in processes of detection and with the civil aviation market expanding rapidly, imprecise and unenforced state-imposed standards of aviation security require radical and global upgrading - an expensive and politically difficult option for most governments to consider. Proposals for intergovernmental security development schemes need urgent consideration, with passenger-financed options offering some practical solutions to otherwise potentially insoluble problems. Ultimately, prospects of advancement must depend upon the political will of major governments, which continue to regard the integrity of aviation security systems as a low priority for global standardisation.