Citation

Tilly C. Socio. Theor. 2004; 22(1): 5-13.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, American Sociological Association, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1467-9558.2004.00200.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The terms terror, terrorism, and terrorist do not identify causally coherent and distinct social phenomena but strategies that recur across a wide variety of actors and political situations. Social scientists who reify the terms confuse themselves and render a disservice to public discussion. The U.S. government's own catalogs of terrorist events actually support both claims.

Language: en