Individual Domestic Terrorism: An Analysis of the Motivations and Radicalization of Terrorism in the United States

Name

Tony Hudson Jr., Georgia Southern UniversityFollow

Publication Date

2017

Major

International Studies (B.A.)

Document Type and Release Option

Thesis (open access)

Faculty Mentor

Dr. Srobana Bhattacharya

Abstract

Individual terrorist events have increased in the United States. What are the motivations behind these attacks and what led these individuals to participate in this form of political violence? In this paper, I provide a case study analysis of four domestic terrorist attacks in the United States that have been executed by individual perpetrators. I combine rational choice, sociological, and psychological theories in order to show a similar path of radicalization taken by each of the terrorists involved in these attacks. I build upon previous research on the importance of studying terrorism from an individual- analysis perspective.

Recommended Citation

Hudson, Tony Jr., "Individual Domestic Terrorism: An Analysis of the Motivations and Radicalization of Terrorism in the United States" (2017). Honors College Theses. 569.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/honors-theses/569