Return to search

State Level Causes of Terrorism: Limits on Political Expression

Expanding on prior research into the state level causes of terrorism, I argue that state repression and limited state capacity reduces opportunities for non-violent political expression and increases the utility of terrorism. I also argue that economic freedom can is a form of political expression that can dissipate political grievances. While previous authors analyzed some of these variables separately using data on transnational attacks, I created a complete model incorporating the three categories of variables and tested my hypotheses using data that includes both domestic and transnational attacks. I use regression analysis for hypothesis testing and find support for the three primary contentions of this thesis and conclude that limits on political expression increase the likelihood nations will experienced increased levels of terrorism.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc12092
Date12 1900
CreatorsCase, Erik S.
ContributorsSahliyeh, Emile, McEntire, David, Ishiyama, John
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Copyright, Case, Erik S., Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Page generated in 0.0018 seconds