Prof Paula Jarzabkowski, together with Drs Corinne Unger and Katie Meissner, release thought provocation document, Terrorism and violent protests: Where do these dispruptive events meet?, at the 2022 ARPC Terrorism Risk and Insurance Seminar.
The report examines the evolving nature of terrorism and violent protests to better understand the different legitimacy society grants to each type of event. The report is timely as the face of terrorism has shifted significantly since September 11, 2001, an event that triggered a strong legislative response globally, including in Australia. More recently, social fragmentation and alienation, much of it linked to Covid-19 restrictions, have seen increasing participation rates in protests, many of which have been violent. Similarities in behaviours and outcomes across both types of events call into question the social legitimacy for protesting in a democratic society when these protests involve significant economic disruption and violence.The report examines the evolving nature of terrorism and violent protests to better understand the different legitimacy society grants to each type of event. The report is timely as the face of terrorism has shifted significantly since September 11, 2001, an event that triggered a strong legislative response globally, including in Australia. More recently, social fragmentation and alienation, much of it linked to Covid-19 restrictions, have seen increasing participation rates in protests, many of which have been violent. Similarities in behaviours and outcomes across both types of events call into question the social legitimacy for protesting in a democratic society when these protests involve significant economic disruption and violence.
Dowload Prof Jarzabkowski's latest report here.