Showing 1 - 10 of 24
successful political parties while simultaneously carrying out terrorist attacks. Yet the relationship between terrorism and a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134569
This analysis uses survey data representing three of the world’s most populous Muslim majority countries to challenge conventional wisdom on what shapes Muslim public opinion on political violence against the United States. It improves previous analysis by clearly distinguishing support...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134572
Scholars and policymakers commonly assume terrorism is intended to affect a broader audience beyond the physically …, we evaluate the impact of terrorism on the broader audience of the electorate as manifested by voter turnout. We … hypothesize that increased terrorism is associated with increased voter turnout. In particular, we invoke the Affective …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134728
This article analyzes the causal relationship between terrorism and economic growth, running a series of tests for … relationship between terrorism and growth is heterogeneous over time and across space. They argue that the temporal causal … heterogeneity can be explained by shifting geographical and ideological patterns in terrorism associated with the end of the Cold …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134757
How do terrorists recruit? We know much about the profiles and pathways of recruits, but little about the strategies and tactics of recruiters. Such procedures matter because they help determine who joins. I highlight a key determinant of recruiter tactics, namely, the tension between personnel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134765
of military conflict, while more recent research fields covered include terrorism and human rights, topics that have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134775
While hostage-taking has been a common form of terrorism for decades, which types of governments are more prone to it … finds strong evidence that supports this theory, showing that democracy has competing effects on hostage-taking terrorism â …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134807
Although research on violent extremism traditionally focuses on why individuals become involved in terrorism, recent … from terrorism and pave the way for future empirical work, this article provides a multidisciplinary review of related … sociology. Rusbult’s investment model offers insight into when and why individuals disengage from terrorism, while accounting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134814
Terrorist organizations often attack each other, but we know little about how this affects the involved groups. Some states encourage or turn a blind eye toward terrorist group interorganizational violence, hoping that it destroys at least one of the groups involved. This article argues that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134816
This contribution examines the role of capitalism in anti-American terrorism. It uses two theoretical frameworks, both …€™s interaction with anti-American terrorism, and its empirical operationalization. Using panel data for 149 countries between 1970 … derived from the classical capitalist peace literature. There is no evidence that anti-American terrorism increases with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134830