Rooted in Poverty?: Terrorism, Poor Economic Development, and Social Cleavages 1
@article{Piazza2006RootedIP, title={Rooted in Poverty?: Terrorism, Poor Economic Development, and Social Cleavages 1}, author={James A. Piazza}, journal={Terrorism and Political Violence}, year={2006}, volume={18}, pages={159 - 177} }
ABSTRACT This study evaluates the popular hypothesis that poverty, inequality, and poor economic development are root causes of terrorism. Employing a series of multiple regression analyses on terrorist incidents and casualties in ninety-six countries from 1986 to 2002, the study considers the significance of poverty, malnutrition, inequality, unemployment, inflation, and poor economic growth as predictors of terrorism, along with a variety of political and demographic control variables. The…
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