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Electoral Institutions and the Emergence of Terrorist Groups

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  • Aksoy, Deniz
  • Carter, David B.

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A wide range of studies find that democracies experience more terrorism than non-democracies. However, surprisingly little terrorism research takes into account the variation among democracies in terms of their electoral institutions. Furthermore, despite much discussion of the differences in terrorist groups’ goals in the literature, little quantitative work distinguishes among groups with different goals, and none explores whether and how the influence of electoral institutions varies among groups with different goals. The argument in this article posits that electoral institutions influence the emergence of within-system groups, which seek policy changes, but do not influence the emergence of anti-system groups, which seek a complete overthrow of the existing regime and government. The study finds that within-system groups are significantly less likely to emerge in democracies that have a proportional representation system and higher levels of district magnitude, while neither of these factors affects the emergence of anti-system groups.

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  • Aksoy, Deniz & Carter, David B., 2014. "Electoral Institutions and the Emergence of Terrorist Groups," British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 44(1), pages 181-204, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:bjposi:v:44:y:2014:i:01:p:181-204_00
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    1. Michael Gibilisco, 2023. "Mowing the grass," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 35(3), pages 204-231, July.
    2. Ajide, Kazeem B. & Adenuga, Juliet I. & Raheem, Ibrahim D., 2020. "Natural resource rents, political regimes and terrorism in Africa," International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 162(C), pages 50-66.
    3. Khusrav Gaibulloev & Todd Sandler, 2014. "An empirical analysis of alternative ways that terrorist groups end," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 160(1), pages 25-44, July.
    4. Lordan-Perret, Rebecca & Wright, Austin L. & Burgherr, Peter & Spada, Matteo & Rosner, Robert, 2019. "Attacks on energy infrastructure targeting democratic institutions," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 132(C), pages 915-927.

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