CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2021
| Author | Hussain, Aizaz |
|---|---|
| Title | Terrorism Studies in Pakistan: A Preliminary Scoping Study |
| Summary | The ‘research on terrorism’ often gets condemned for several reasons. Some academic pundits point out the lack of definitional consensus in terrorism's discourse. In contrast, others indicate conceptual and methodological flaws. The critique of terrorism's research is as old as the subject itself. However, all these disapprovals are general observations about overall academic works on terrorism. No study has ever examined the 'region-specific' validity of the criticisms on terrorism's scholarship. This dissertation makes a vital contribution to the literature of terrorism by conducting a pilot study to determine whether the following two widespread criticisms stand worthy in the case of ‘research on terrorism’ from Pakistan. First, the research on terrorism is 'event-driven.' Second, the author's place of belongingness affects their writings. Two original datasets are constructed to recognize if Pakistan's research on terrorism is 'event-driven' and whether Pakistan's authors' nationality impacts their writings. The results suggest that the research on terrorism follows the same pattern in Pakistan as well. Researchers from Pakistan pay overwhelmingly more attention to religious/sectarian terrorism than ethnic violence. Similarly, a typical narrative of Pakistan's academics, different from that of international description, exists about the 'Baloch insurgency.' Therefore, proving that the authors' nationality influences their academic objectivity. |
| Supervisor | Bogaards, Matthijs |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2021/hussain_aizaz.pdf |
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