IMPACT OF TRANSNATIONAL INTERACTIONS ON TERRORISM - A CASE STUDY OF THE QUEBEC TERRORIST MOVEMENT

• NCJ Number: 56592
• Author(s): A S REDLICK
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 359 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW AND DIPLOMACY - DOCTORAL THESIS

Annotation

FOCUSING ON AN ANALYSIS OF TERRORISM IN QUEBEC, CANADA, THIS 1977 DOCTORAL DISSERTATION EXPLORES THE ROLE TRANSNATIONALISM MAY PLAY IN THE OUTBREAK AND CONTINUATION OF TERRORISM.

Abstract

THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK WHICH IS THE BASIS FOR THE CASE STUDY OF QUEBEC TERRORISM IS PRESENTED. IT IS HYPOTHESIZED THAT THE EVOLUTION OF ETHNIC CONFLICT TO SEPARATIST TERRORISM IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES IS THE RESULT OF UNEVEN SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPRIVATION, AND DISSATISFACTION AMONG THE MINORITY POPULATION AND THE TRANSNATIONAL FLOW OF INFORMATION. IT IS FURTHER PROPOSED THAT TRANSNATIONAL FACTORS CAN ACT AS A CATALYST TO VIOLENCE WITHIN A DESTABILIZED, ETHNICALLY DIVIDED SOCIETY BECAUSE OF THEIR ABILITY TO INFLUENCE THE STRATEGIC AND PHILOSOPHICAL ORIENTATION OF THE DISCONTENTED GROUPS AS WELL AS THE MILIEU IN WHICH THE DISSIDENTS ARE ACTING. THE SEVEN WAVES OF TERRORISM WHICH QUEBEC ENDURED THROUGHOUT THE 1960'S ARE EXAMINED, INCLUDING THE ROLE THAT DIRECT AND INDIRECT TRANSNATIONAL LINKAGES HAD IN THE CAUSE AND DEVELOPMENT OF TERRORISM. FINALLY, FINDINGS ARE PRESENTED THAT EMERGE FROM THE CASE STUDY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS IN TERMS OF QUEBEC SPECIFICALLY, BUT ALSO FOR SIMILAR SITUTATIONS. CONCLUSIONS OF THE THESIS FOCUS ON THE ROLE THAT THE TRANSNATIONAL FLOW OF INFORMATION CAN PLAY IN GENERAL. THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF THESE FINDINGS ARE DISCUSSED. FOOTNOTES, TABLES, AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY ACCOMPANY THE TEXT. (WJR)