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Ubóstwo jednym z czynników rozwoju terroryzmu
Poverty as one of the factors in the development of terrorism

Author(s): Konrad Krzyżak
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Security and defense, Geopolitics, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Uniwersytet Jana Długosza w Częstochowie
Keywords: poverty; social exclusion; terror; terrorism; violence

Summary/Abstract: The topic of this article is poverty as one of the factors of terrorism. It outlines the impactof poverty and social exclusion on formation of terrorist organizations, together with the recruitmentwithin it. The article depicts a brief history of terrorist groups, as well as, political partieswhich, in their business, had not reject the use of terror, while their ideological message wasto fight against poverty and to create better social order. All these ideologies were demolishedas the authority had been attained in a cruel and vicious way. The aim of this article was toshow, how easily some people can be manipulated, together with their acceptance for terrorism.Because of a grievance toward injustice surrounding world and poverty, these people become wielders or supporters of extreme changes in the existing social and political order, includingthe use of terrorism.

  • Issue Year: 9/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 43-63
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish
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