Terorizam kao organizacijski fenomen - studija slučaja: Hezbollah i LTTE

master's thesis

• Title (english): Terrorism as an Organizational Phenomenon: Case studies of Hezbollah and LTTE
• Author: Mateja Gredelj
• Mentor: Robert Mikac (mentor)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; The Faculty of Political Science; (Department of International Relations and Security Studies); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2018-09-03, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political Science; International Relations and National Security

Abstract

Težnja ovog diplomskog rada je doprinos studijama o terorizmu, a to se pokušava ostvariti povezivanjem triju organizacijskih pristupa. Ako ne postoji generička definicija terorizma, tada bi teorija koja pokušava objasniti ili odrediti terorizam trebala odbaciti krute teorijske okvire, koncepte i biti jednako prilagodljiva poput samih terorističkih organizacija. Cilj diplomskog rada je prikazati široku paletu mogućnosti organiziranja i djelovanja terorističkih organizacija u onim slučajevima gdje dolazi do erozije socijalne države i gdje su vlade zakazale u zaštiti stanovništva, a teroristi takve situacije koriste kako bi dobili potporu i priznanje. Postavlja se pitanje na koji način ih možemo smjestiti unutar određenih okvira koje možemo proučavati i vrednovati te je hipoteza ovog rada da teroristi reagiraju na njihovo socijalno okruženje, odnosno deficite socijalne države i na temelju toga formiraju organizacijsku strukturu koja najbolje koristi njihovim privatnim i javnim interesima. Istražuje se mogu li se terorističke organizacije pobliže objasniti konceptom socijalnog poduzetništva. Promatranje terorističkih organizacija kroz prizmu socijalnog poduzetništva nije nova revolucionarna ideja, ali je tematika o kojoj ne postoji velik broj znanstvenih radova. U svrhu kvalitete istraživanja, koriste se metode analize i sinteze znanstvenih, akademskih i novinskih članaka te metoda studije slučaja Hezbolaha i Oslobodilačkih tigrova tamilske domovine. Rezultati istraživanja pokazuju da je Hezbolah snažna socijalno poduzetnička teroristička organizacija, koja je započela s infiltriranjem u politički sustav države u samim početcima i kroz godine ga razvijala i transformirala bez stvarnih i učinkovitih protustrategija. S druge strane, iako su bili uspješni socijalni poduzetnici Oslobodilački tigrovi tamilske domovine nisu razvili dostatnu mrežu potpore u regiji, a država je nakon nekog vremena uzvratila snažnom protustrategijom i u konačnici ih porazila, zaustavljajući tako eroziju države.

Abstract (english)

The pursuit of this graduate thesis is a contribution to the studies of terrorism, which is achieved by linking three organizational approaches. If there is no generic definition of terrorism then a theory that tries to explain or determine terrorism should reject rigid theoretical frameworks and concepts and be as flexible as the terrorist organizations itself. The aim is to present a wide range of possibilities for organizing and activities of terrorist organizations in cases where erosion of the social state occurs and where state governments failed to protect the population, and terorists use such situations to gain support and recognition. The wuestion arises as to how can we place them within certain frameworks that we can study and evaluate, and the hypothesis of this paper is that terrorists respond to their social environment, ie the deficits of the welfare state, and on that basis form the organizational structure that best serves their private and public interests. It is researching whether terrorist organizations can be explained more closely by the concept of social entrepreneurship. Observing terrorist organizations through the prism of social entrepreneurship is not a new revolutionary idea, but a topic that does not occupy a large number of scientific papers. For the quality of research, the methods of analysis and synthesis of scientific, academic and newspaper articles and case study of Hezbollah and the Liberation Tigers of the Tamil Eealam, are used. The research resuts show that Hezbollah is a powerful social entrepreneurial terrorist organization that began to infiltrate into the political system of the country at the very beginning and through the years it developed and transformed it without real and effective counter-strategy. On the other hand, although successful social entrepreneurs, the Liberation Tigers of the Tamil Eealam did not develop a sufficient support network in the region, and the state responded with a strong counter-strategy and ultimately defeated them, stopping the erosion of the state.

• Keywords: terorizam; terorističke organizacije; erozija socijalne države; socijalno poduzetništvo; organizacijske teorije; Hezbolah; Oslobodilački tigrovi tamilske domovine
• Keywords (english): terrorism; terrorist organizations; erosion of welfare state; social entrepreneurship; organizational theory; Hezbollah; Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eealam
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:114:013790
• Study programme: Title: Political Science; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra politologije (magistar/magistra politologije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2018-10-31 13:28:03