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Homegrown Terrorism in the United States, 2001-2015
Zelinka, Ondřej ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Divišová, Kristýna (referee)
The thesis focuses on the topic of homegrown terrorism in the United States in the time period between the years 2001 and 2015. The first part of the thesis declares the diffe- rences betweeen domestic and homegrown terrorism, which in the Czech language exists un- der one term translatable as domestic terrorism. After setting these ground rules the definiti- on of the homegrown terrorism is determined. The next chapter then focuses on the two main types of homegrown terrorism and extremism, the jihadist and the right-wing, their ideological background and historical context. In the case of the right-wing terorrism the thesis also fo- cuses on the main types of right-wing extremism, which are based on racist, fundamental and anti-government ideology. The thesis also analyses the main terror attacks and plots from both jihadist and right-wing side, which were executed between the years 2001-2015. The final chapter of the thesis focuses on statistic data and it's analysis, which results into a comparison of the lethality and dangerousness of the two main types of homegrown terrorism, the creation of a profile of an average homegrown terrorist and overall analysis of the statistic data. Keywords domestic terrorism, homegrown terrorism, USA, right-wing extremism, muslim extre- mism, jihadist extremism,...
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Homegrown Terrorism in the United States, 2001-2015
Zelinka, Ondřej ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Divišová, Kristýna (referee)
The thesis focuses on the topic of homegrown terrorism in the United States in the time period between the years 2001 and 2015. The first part of the thesis declares the diffe- rences betweeen domestic and homegrown terrorism, which in the Czech language exists un- der one term translatable as domestic terrorism. After setting these ground rules the definiti- on of the homegrown terrorism is determined. The next chapter then focuses on the two main types of homegrown terrorism and extremism, the jihadist and the right-wing, their ideological background and historical context. In the case of the right-wing terorrism the thesis also fo- cuses on the main types of right-wing extremism, which are based on racist, fundamental and anti-government ideology. The thesis also analyses the main terror attacks and plots from both jihadist and right-wing side, which were executed between the years 2001-2015. The final chapter of the thesis focuses on statistic data and it's analysis, which results into a comparison of the lethality and dangerousness of the two main types of homegrown terrorism, the creation of a profile of an average homegrown terrorist and overall analysis of the statistic data. Keywords domestic terrorism, homegrown terrorism, USA, right-wing extremism, muslim extre- mism, jihadist extremism,...
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The Impact of Terrorism on the U.S. Economy
Kupsová, Petra ; Neumann, Pavel (advisor) ; Antal, Jarolím (referee)
This bachelor paper evaluates the impact of terrorism on the U.S. economy. In the theoretical part the term terrorism is explained as well as its possible implications. In the next part different types of counter-terrorist measures are characterized together with their costs. In the practical part immediate damage caused by the terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001 is evaluated as well as the general macroeconomic consequences of terrorist attacks. Specific costs are demonstrated on the example of U.S.A.
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