Citation

Ghatak S. Int. Interact. 2016; 42(1): 56-80.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/03050629.2015.1048857

PMID

unavailable

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.

Language: en

Keywords

Domestic terrorism; economic development; economic globalization; political exclusion; weakly institutionalized democracy