Challenging the State: Effect of Minority Discrimination,Economic Globalization,and Political Openness on Domestic Terrorism |
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Authors: | Sambuddha Ghatak |
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Affiliation: | University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
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Abstract: | Discrimination against minority groups is a robust predictor of domestic terrorism. However, economic and political openness might further facilitate mobilization of such aggrieved sections of a larger population. This study relates economic and political openness to minority discrimination in explaining vulnerability to domestic terrorism. Terrorism is a rational choice when a minority’s deprivation of public good provisions increases, while global economic integration and limited political openness facilitate rebel mobilization. Using data on 172 countries, I find strong support that countries discriminating against minority groups are more likely to experience domestic terrorist attacks when their economic and political systems open up. |
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Keywords: | Domestic terrorism economic development economic globalization political exclusion weakly institutionalized democracy |
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