The formation of terrorist groups: an analysis of Irish republican organizations

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dc.contributor.authorDnes, Antony William
dc.contributor.authorBrownlow, Graham
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-07T17:59:13Z
dc.date.available2017-06-07T17:59:13Z
dc.date.issued2017-01-16
dc.description.abstractWe examine the history of the organization of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and assess whether Republican terrorism reflected the possession of valuable group-specific human capital within the terrorist cell. The analysis is motivated by economic models of the formation of specialized groups. We also note the public-goods co-ordination problem facing terrorist groups, given their inability to use mainstream enforcement mechanisms. Of particular interest are four well-defined historical examples of factionalism within the IRA. The history of Irish republicanism is consistent with the prediction that increasing the opportunities for cell members outside of life in the organization, particularly through amnesty, destabilizes the organization but leaves a hardcore of remaining terrorists. The gap between terrorist characteristics and those belonging to members of wider society is more gradated than predicted.
dc.identifier.citationDnes, Antony W., and Graham Brownlow. “The Formation of Terrorist Groups: an Analysis of Irish Republican Organizations.” Journal of Institutional Economics, 2017, pp. 1–25., doi:10.1017/S1744137416000461.
dc.identifier.issn1744-1382
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1017/S1744137416000461
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-institutional-economics/article/div-classtitlethe-formation-of-terrorist-groups-an-analysis-of-irish-republican-organizationsdiv/E97FA28D7CFFC20D1BAB20BBD237EE4D
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11416/332
dc.publisherJournal of Institutional Economics
dc.subjectIrish Republican Army
dc.subjectTerrorism
dc.titleThe formation of terrorist groups: an analysis of Irish republican organizations
dc.typeArticle

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