RT Article
T1 Determinants of domestic terrorism: an examination of ethnicpolarization and economic development
JF Terrorism and political violence
VO 31
IS 3
SP 536
OP 558
A1 Danzell, Orlandrew E.
A1 Yeh, Yao-Yuan
A1 Pfannenstiel, Melia
A2 Yeh, Yao-Yuan
A2 Pfannenstiel, Melia
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1850792461
AB Many scholars have sought to explain why countries with ethnically heterogeneous populations experience higher levels of political violence, but these studies have produced mixed findings. Unlike most studies that use ethno-linguistic fractionalization indices to examine this relationship, we argue that ethnic polarization is a more appropriate measure to assess the role of ethnicity as a causal factor of domestic terrorism. This paper hypothesizes that high ethnic polarization influences the incidence of domestic terrorism, particularly when intervening economic factors are present. To test three hypotheses, we use negative binomial regression to model data from the Global Terrorism Dataset, World Bank, and the Reynal-Querol (RQ) ethnic polarization index of 116 countries between 1970 and 2012. Our findings show that terrorism is more likely to emerge in societies with high ethnic polarization and economic malaise.
NO Gesehen am 22.06.2023
NO Published online: 05 Dec 2016
K1 Domestic terrorism
K1 economic malaise and terrorism
K1 ethnic polarization
K1 ethnic terror
K1 heterogeneous populations
DO 10.1080/09546553.2016.1258636