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Rooted in Urban Poverty? Failed Modernization and Terrorism

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  • Meierrieks Daniel

    (University of Paderborn, Warburger Straße 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany. Phone: +49(0) 5251/60-2120. Fax: +49(0) 5251/60-3540)

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This contribution finds that urban (but not rural) poverty fuels domestic and anti-U.S. terrorism in 43 developing countries. It argues that urban poverty aids non-state groups which use terrorism as a means to capture rents and consolidate popular support.

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  • Meierrieks Daniel, 2012. "Rooted in Urban Poverty? Failed Modernization and Terrorism," Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 18(3), pages 1-2, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:pepspp:v:18:y:2012:i:3:p:1-2:n:8
    DOI: 10.1515/peps-2012-0009
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