I. Political Violence Terms to Consider: Max reactionary political attitude guerrilla war crime individual explanation hard targets state violence psychological factors soft targets political violence terrorism violence as a rational act legitimacy war universal explanations hierarchical structure contentious politics particularistic explanations network structure civil war coup d’etat primary audience behavioral revolution secondary audience protest state actor suprapolitical ideologies institutional explanations nonstate actor network tactics structuralism state terror nihilism ideational explanations state-sponsored terror utopia radical political attitude post-revolutionary terror Guiding Questions: 1. What is the difference between crime and political violence? 2. Consider the spectrum of political violence we discussed in class. How does the type of actor (state or nonstate) and type of target (state or nonstate) indicate what types of violence we are examining? What are the characteristics of each? 3. What structures or strategies make modern terrorism particularly difficult to prevent? 4. What are the conditions under which religion may become a source of political violence? II. Mexican Political History Terms to Consider: Valley of Mexico Liberalism v. conservativism Modernization Olmecs Caciques Foreign investment Teotihuacán Santa Ana Mexican Revolution Mayan city-states Caudillos Francisco Madero Aztec Empire Militarism Villistas (Pancho Villa) Hernán Cortés Secession of Texas Zapatistas (Emiliano Zapata) Demographic collapse Mexican-American War Constitucionistas New Spain War of the Yucatán Land redistribution Council of the Indies Manifest Destiny Constitution of 1917 Sistema de castas Monroe Doctrine Cristero Rebellion Encomiendas Benito Juarez PRI Paternalism Juarez Law Mexican miracle Peninsulares La Reforma Tlatelolco massacre Criollos Anticlerical policy Economic stagnation Mestizos Constitution of 1857 1988 election Indigenous population Reform War Zapatista uprising (EZLN) Napoleonic Wars Intervention” NAFTA “French War for Independence Porfirio Diaz PAN
I. Political Violence Terms to Consider: Max crime state violence political violence terrorism war contentious politics civil war protest institutional explanations structuralism ideational explanations radical political attitude reactionary political attitude individual explanation psychological factors violence as a rational act universal explanations particularistic explanations coup d’etat behavioral revolution state actor nonstate actor state terror state-sponsored terror post-revolutionary terror guerrilla war hard targets soft targets legitimacy hierarchical structure network structure primary audience secondary audience suprapolitical ideologies network tactics nihilism utopia Guiding Questions: 1. What is the difference between crime and political violence? 2. Consider the spectrum of political violence we discussed in class. How does the type of actor (state or nonstate) and type of target (state or nonstate) indicate what types of violence we are examining? What are the characteristics of each? 3. What structures or strategies make modern terrorism particularly difficult to prevent? 4. What are the conditions under which religion may become a source of political violence? II. Mexican Political History Terms to Consider: Valley of Mexico Olmecs Teotihuacán Mayan city-states Aztec Empire Hernán Cortés Demographic collapse New Spain Council of the Indies Sistema de castas Encomiendas Paternalism Peninsulares Criollos Mestizos Indigenous population Napoleonic Wars War for Independence Liberalism v. conservativism Caciques Santa Ana Caudillos Militarism Secession of Texas Mexican-American War War of the Yucatán Manifest Destiny Monroe Doctrine Benito Juarez Juarez Law La Reforma Anticlerical policy Constitution of 1857 Reform War “French Intervention” Porfirio Diaz Modernization Foreign investment Mexican Revolution Francisco Madero Villistas (Pancho Villa) Zapatistas (Emiliano Zapata) Constitucionistas Land redistribution Constitution of 1917 Cristero Rebellion PRI Mexican miracle Tlatelolco massacre Economic stagnation 1988 election Zapatista uprising (EZLN) NAFTA PAN
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