From "Total Liberation" to "Phased Liberation": Temporality and Identity in the Provisional IRA and Hamas

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorBlessing, Jason A.en
dc.contributor.committeechairNelson, Scott G.en
dc.contributor.committeememberStivachtis, Yannis A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberDixit, Priyaen
dc.contributor.departmentPolitical Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-15T08:00:55Zen
dc.date.available2013-06-15T08:00:55Zen
dc.date.issued2013-06-14en
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis, I examine how violent substate actors—specifically those labeled as ‘terrorist’— are able to change from a strategy of total liberation to phased liberation. Using discourse analysis, shifts in political identity are examined in the Provisional IRA and Hamas. Each case study shows that the organization is undergoing an identity change from a more religiouslyinfluenced identity to one that emphasizes national elements; this shift to a national political identity enables a move from total liberation to phased liberation. The conclusion is reached that these changes in political identity rest on changing conceptions of temporality; ultimately, it is a change in temporal understanding that drives the transformation from total liberation to phased liberation.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:1226en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/23235en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectterrorismen
dc.subjectidentityen
dc.subjectreligionen
dc.subjectnationalismen
dc.subjectphased liberationen
dc.titleFrom "Total Liberation" to "Phased Liberation": Temporality and Identity in the Provisional IRA and Hamasen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplinePolitical Scienceen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Blessing_JA_T_2013.pdf
Size:
734.82 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download

Collections

Masters Theses