Citation

Brannan DW, Esler PF, Strindberg NTA. Stud. Conflict Terrorism 2001; 24(1): 3-24.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10576100118602

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

"Terrorism Studies" as a specific discipline is a comparatively recent addition to the social sciences and is still grappling with questions relating to a proper or appropriate methodology. This article argues that research within the field is often based neither on primary sources nor set within an independent analytical framework. Rather, it is characterized by an "aligned" position dependent on a research hermeneutic of crisis management, which perpetuates the "received view." Talking to "terrorists" and the use of social identity theory, applied in a context of cultural difference, are here proposed as a methodology enabling independent analysis.