Mapping a dark network with Social Network Analysis (SNA): the right wing Vaal Dam bomb plot

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dc.contributor.authorSenekal, Burgert A.
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-21T10:20:49Z
dc.date.available2016-07-21T10:20:49Z
dc.date.issued2014-06
dc.description.abstractThe use of Social Network Analysis (SNA) to map dark, i.e. illegal, networks gained momentum after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York, and numerous studies have been conducted that map Islamic extremist organisations. This article follows international studies and contemporary practices in military intelligence in using SNA to map the ties of the members of the Southern right wing group plot to blow up the Vaal Dam, who were arrested in 2002 and subsequently convicted of sabotage. It is shown how the leader of the plot consistently scores highest on betweenness, degree, and closeness centrality, and that he played an important role as broker between the Southern and the Northern groups (better known as the Boeremag). Ties between the two right wing groups are also discussed, along with the important structural roles that their meeting places played.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSenekal, B. A. (2014). Mapping a dark network with Social Network Analysis (SNA): the right wing Vaal Dam bomb plot. Journal for Contemporary History, 39(1), 95-114.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0285-2422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2415-0509 (online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/3730
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherFaculty of the Humanities, University of the Free Stateen_US
dc.rights.holderFaculty of the Humanities, University of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.subjectSocial Network Analysisen_ZA
dc.subjectIntelligenceen_ZA
dc.subjectTerrorismen_ZA
dc.subjectVaal Dam ploten_ZA
dc.subjectBoeremagen_ZA
dc.subjectRight wingen_ZA
dc.titleMapping a dark network with Social Network Analysis (SNA): the right wing Vaal Dam bomb ploten_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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