Citation

Malečková J, Stanišić D. Peace Econ. Peace Sci. Publ. Policy 2013; 19(3): 343-358.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Walter de Gruyter)

DOI

10.1515/peps-2013-0027

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The paper examines the educational level of the part of the public in 16 Middle Eastern, Asian and African countries who justify suicide bombing and dislike regional/world powers, and its relationship with the occurrence of terrorism originating from the former countries and directed against the powers. We find that the share of highly educated people in this critical support group (regardless of gender and age) in a country is significantly correlated with the number of international terrorist acts carried out by individuals or groups from that country. The paper confirms that public opinion has an impact on terrorism and suggests that increasing education is not by itself a sufficient means of counter-terrorist policy. © 2013 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston.

Language: en

Keywords

education; public opinion; international terrorism