Conflict Theory of Terrorism
Conflict theorist explains terrorism has injustice reaction that is created in terrorists’ minds due to misguidance, unrealistic goals or illiteracy, and terrorist organizations express violent behaviors which result to individual frustrations and depicting readiness to fight. Conflict of politics makes people look for ways to explain as well as to solve the issues they are facing. When a dispute is deeply rooted, and the ideas that are being used currently shows the inability to handle the problem, people start to look for other ideas that might contain themes of religion to them (Agnew, 123). But this does not show certainty that religious people commit all forms of terrorism. From this theory of conflict theorist, I do agree because between the years 1980 and 2003, statistics show that 43% of 83% suicide attackers were linked with religion (Weinberg and Louise, 178). This shows how some religious themes are influential in terrorism attacks.
For the US government to stem terrorism, it is supposed to introduce new methods that create a more comprehensive understanding that challenges terrorism; these methods should be within and outside the national government. These methods are supposed to be a strategic framework that will introduce a new annual assessment that will explain in detail the state that is vulnerable to terrorism. The reports gathered will help in providing information to the public as well as all levels of government; this will promote shared understanding. A common understanding of terrorism threats will support policymaking of interagency, prioritization of government agency that will deal with terrorism, allocation of resources, and partnerships of inter-governmental (Alexander). Therefore this will help in solving all the terrorist attacks that have been happening in the US.
Works Cited
Agnew, Robert. “General strain theory and terrorism.” The Handbook of the Criminology of Terrorism (2016): 119-132.
Alexander, Lewis M. Terrorism: Theory and practice. Routledge, 2019.
Weinberg, Leonard, and Louise Richardson. “Conflict theory and the trajectory of terrorist campaigns in Western Europe.” Research on Terrorism. Routledge, 2003. 158-180.