• DOI:10.1080/095465590944578
Corpus ID: 54195092

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}
}

• James A. Piazza
• Published 2006
• Political Science
• Terrorism and Political Violence

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… Expand

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