开始时间: 04/22/2022 持续时间: Unknown
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所在平台: CourseraArchive 课程类别: 社会科学 大学或机构: University of Maryland, College Park（马里兰大学学院园分校） 授课老师： Bill Braniff Gary LaFree |
课程主页: https://www.coursera.org/course/understandingterror
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Terrorism Studies does not fall within any one traditional academic discipline, and it is often plagued by subjectivity and a lack of empirical data. The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence housed at the University of Maryland, will apply its multi-disciplinary and mixed-method approach to research in this course, utilizing theory and quantitative and qualitative research from a range of the social and behavioral sciences including Criminology, Psychology, Political Science and Communications Studies.
The course will begin with a unit looking at widely held myths about terrorism and utilizing empirical data to discuss the realities of broad trends and patterns in terrorist attacks over time. The course will then review the psychological factors at play in individual radicalization and recruitment into terrorism, followed by an analysis of terrorist group dynamics. The course will next look to factors that allow terrorist groups to successfully carry out attacks, such as propaganda, use of media, financing, recruitment, and training. After that, the course will examine the capabilities and potential uses of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons. The course will conclude by looking at the factors that drive terrorist group persistence/endurance versus terrorist group desistance, and will bring the varied course concepts together through a detailed look at the case of al-Qa’ida, including the group’s successes, failures, tactics, and strategies. Throughout the course, students will work with the University of Maryland’s Global Terrorism Database (GTD), the largest database of terrorist incidents in the world, learning its capabilities and developing basic skills in searching and displaying appropriate and accurate sets of terrorism data.
Week One: WHAT: Dispelling Myths about Terrorism
Week Two: WHAT: The Global Terrorism Database and Visualizing Terrorism Data
Week Three: WHO, WHY: Individual Radicalization
Week Four: WHO, WHY: Terrorist Group Dynamics
Week Five: WHAT: Behaviors that Enable the Next Terrorist Attack
Week Six: WHAT: Terrorist use of Unconventional Weapons and Technology to Maximize Terrorism
Week Seven: WHO: Terrorism Longevity and Desistance
Week Eight: Putting it all together: Al-Qa'ida Case Study
This course will explore questions relating to the who, what and how of terrorism studies by introducing students to cutting edge research and the experts investigating these topics.
