Chapter 7 Review Flashcards
Violence outside of state control that is politically motivated
political violence
Having to do with ideas
ideational
Public seizure of the state in order to overturn the existing government and regime
revolution
A move in which military forces take control of the government by force
coup d’�tat
Model that predicts revolution when public expectations outpace the rate of domestic change
relative deprivation model
The use of violence by nonstate actors against civilians in order to achieve a political goal
terrorism
Terrorism supported directly by a state as an instrument of foreign policy
state-sponsored terrorism
A conflict whereby nonstate combatants who largely abide by the rules of war target the state
guerilla war
A belief that all institutions and values are essentially meaningless and that the only redeeming value is violence
nihilism