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dc.contributor.advisorKaarbo, Juliet
dc.contributor.authorPicucci, Peter M.
dc.date.accessioned2008-08-05T04:35:37Z
dc.date.available2008-08-05T04:35:37Z
dc.date.issued2008-06-18
dc.date.submitted2008
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:2435
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/4051
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation is a systematic study of the political belief systems, via the Operational Code approach, of two terrorist actors: al-Qaeda and Hamas. Operational codes for each were derived through computerized content analysis of statements attributed to both organizations. The resulting indices were compared across each organization and to the indices of a norming group of state leaders. Additional analyses were performed on internal subdivisions and across chronologic statement groupings for each. The results of these comparisons indicated that the Operational Code approach provides a valuable means of linking differences in terrorist behavior and motivation to differences in belief systems. It also provides a means for the tracking of group beliefs over time and for evaluating internal belief system differences. Additionally, by comparison of observed operational code values to expected values informed by commonly held assumptions within the field of terrorism studies, the Operational Code approach provides a means of testing the basic validity of those assumptions.
dc.format.extent381 pages
dc.language.isoEN
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
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dc.subjectPolitical science
dc.subjectOperational code
dc.subjectPolitical psychology
dc.subjectTerrorism
dc.titleTerrorism's Operational Code: An Examination of the Belief Systems of al-Qaeda and Hamas
dc.typeDissertation
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplinePolitical Science
dc.thesis.degreeLevelPH.D.
kusw.oastatusna
kusw.oapolicyThis item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
kusw.bibid6599427
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