Home
Explore
Exams
Search for anything
Search for anything
Login
Get started
Home
PSC 211 Chapter 5 Political Violence
Studied by 0 people
0.0
(0)
Add a rating
View linked note
Learn
A personalized and smart learning plan
Practice Test
Take a test on your terms and definitions
Spaced Repetition
Scientifically backed study method
Matching Game
How quick can you match all your cards?
Flashcards
Study terms and definitions
1 / 12
There's no tags or description
Looks like no one added any tags here yet for you.
13 Terms
View all (13)
Star these 13
1
Political Violence
Violence outside of state control that is politically motivated.
New cards
2
Contentious Politics
Collective political struggle that includes revolutions, civil wars, riots, strikes, and peaceful protest movements.
New cards
3
Institutional Explanations
Factors that focus on how state, economic, or social systems contribute to political violence.
New cards
4
Ideational Explanations
Factors that focus on the impact of political or religious ideas in causing political violence.
New cards
5
Individual Explanations
Factors that look at personal motivations for engaging in political violence, whether rational or psychological.
New cards
6
Revolution
A public seizure of the state to overturn the existing government and regime, often involving public participation.
New cards
7
Relative Deprivation Model
A psychological approach arguing that revolution occurs when there is a gap between public expectations and actual conditions.
New cards
8
Terrorism
The use of violence by nonstate actors against civilians to achieve a political goal.
New cards
9
State-Sponsored Terrorism
When a state directly supports terrorism as an instrument of foreign policy.
New cards
10
Guerrilla War
Violence by nonstate actors targeting the state, usually following traditional rules of war.
New cards
11
Nihilism
The belief that all values and institutions are meaningless, leading to the justification of violence to create a new order.
New cards
12
Cosmic War
The belief that modern states seek to exterminate believers, leading to violence as a response.
New cards
13
Surveillance State
A state that increases security measures, potentially eroding civil rights and democratic freedoms.
New cards
Explore top notes
Unit 3: Period 3: 1754 - 1800
Note
Studied by 871 people
676 days ago
5.0
(12)
Preview
TOPIC 2: OUR JOURNEY TO NOW!
Note
Studied by 31 people
496 days ago
5.0
(1)
Preview
Regulation of Digestion
Note
Studied by 7 people
954 days ago
5.0
(1)
Preview
Environmental Psychology: Design Guidelines for Homes, Offices, Classrooms, & Hospitals
Note
Studied by 8 people
895 days ago
5.0
(1)
Preview
Chapter 6: Separation Methods
Note
Studied by 55 people
710 days ago
5.0
(1)
Preview
Spanish days of the week notes
Note
Studied by 88 people
912 days ago
4.3
(4)
Preview
Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life
Note
Studied by 30 people
948 days ago
4.0
(3)
Preview
⚛️
Unit 2: Molecular and Ionic Compound Structure and Properties
Note
Studied by 10637 people
709 days ago
4.8
(57)
Preview
Explore top flashcards
Small Animal Diseases and Management - Exam 1
Flashcard (199)
Studied by 3 people
714 days ago
5.0
(1)
Preview
FINMAR - 8
Flashcard (65)
Studied by 2 people
580 days ago
5.0
(1)
Preview
Naming the joints of the body
Flashcard (50)
Studied by 29 people
172 days ago
5.0
(1)
Preview
APUSH Master List
Flashcard (674)
Studied by 113 people
312 days ago
5.0
(2)
Preview
History Final
Flashcard (50)
Studied by 40 people
274 days ago
5.0
(2)
Preview
Lab Exam
Flashcard (153)
Studied by 31 people
3 days ago
5.0
(1)
Preview
Unit 4; urninary, immune, digestive
Flashcard (154)
Studied by 33 people
471 days ago
5.0
(1)
Preview
DDD Research
Flashcard (51)
Studied by 28 people
556 days ago
5.0
(2)
Preview