What is the 'Abu Sayyaf'? How labels shape reality.
Official sources and the media often represent the 'Abu Sayyaf' as a militant Islamist group or organization responsible for most atrocities in the southwestern Philippines. Frequently implicit within such representations is the assumption that the reported terrorist/bandit entity possesses the basi...
| Publicado en: | Pacific Review Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 397 - 421 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=64459519&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 64459519 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 09512748 5C0 jtl: Pacific Review issn: 09512748 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep2011 vid: 24 iid: 4 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 64459519 10.1080/09512748.2011.596558 ppf: 397 ppct: 24 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 225KB tig: atl: What is the 'Abu Sayyaf'? How labels shape reality. aug: au: Ugarte, EduardoF. Turner, MarkMacdonald affil: Global Terrorism Research Centre, Monash University, Australia University of Canberra, Australia su: Abu Sayyaf (Organization) Terrorism Social networks Kidnapping Terrorists Philippines Southeast Asia sug: subj: Philippines Southeast Asia Abu Sayyaf (Organization) Terrorism Social networks Kidnapping Terrorists keyword: dark networks kidnapping terrorism ab: Official sources and the media often represent the 'Abu Sayyaf' as a militant Islamist group or organization responsible for most atrocities in the southwestern Philippines. Frequently implicit within such representations is the assumption that the reported terrorist/bandit entity possesses the basic features of a conventional organization. Yet this assumption is irreconcilable with the many available descriptions of the armed groups labelled 'Abu Sayyaf' since the early 1990s. To resolve this incongruity, the article examines reigning perceptions of the 'Abu Sayyaf' in light of organization theory and network analysis. It begins with a summary of conventional definitions of organizations, before identifying alternative conceptual aids useful for understanding the phenomenon known as the 'Abu Sayyaf'. It then teases out the presuppositions that underpin popular views of the phenomenon through a sample of early military and rebel depictions. It compares those presuppositions with the structural features of the armed coalitions involved in two mass kidnappings attributed to the 'Abu Sayyaf'. The remainder of the article analyzes the 'Abu Sayyaf' in terms of 'dark' or illegal networks and supporting concepts from organization theory. To dispel the confusion surrounding the phenomenon, the article reviews the genealogy of the 'Abu Sayyaf' label in order to reveal the circumstances that gave birth to the perception of it as being a coherent group or organization. The article concludes with a brief ideal-typical interpretation of the covert networks in which the armed groups branded 'Abu Sayyaf' have been and continue to be enmeshed. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Pacific Review is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Pacific Review holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2011 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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