Variance, Violence, and Democracy: A Basic Microeconomic Model of Terrorism
Much of the debate surrounding contemporary studies of terrorism focuses upon transnational terrorism. However, historical and contemporary evidence suggests that domestic terrorism is a more prevalent and pressing concern. A formal microeconomic model of terrorism is utilized here to understand act...
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| description | Much of the debate surrounding contemporary studies of terrorism focuses upon transnational terrorism. However, historical and contemporary evidence suggests that domestic terrorism is a more prevalent and pressing concern. A formal microeconomic model of terrorism is utilized here to understand acts of political violence in a domestic context within the domain of democratic governance.This article builds a very basic microeconomic model of terrorist decision making to hypothesize how a democratic government might influence the sorts of strategies that terrorists use. Mathematical models have been used to explain terrorist behavior in the past. However, the bulk of inquires in this area have only focused on the relationship between terrorists and the government, or amongst terrorists themselves. Central to the interpretation of the terrorist conflict presented here is the idea that voters (or citizens) are also one of the important determinants of how a government will respond to acts of terrorism. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a020757b43654c9991b15380004d81312022-12-22T00:29:05ZengHenley-Putnam UniversityJournal of Strategic Security1944-04641944-04722010-01-01313950Variance, Violence, and Democracy: A Basic Microeconomic Model of TerrorismJohn A. SautterMuch of the debate surrounding contemporary studies of terrorism focuses upon transnational terrorism. However, historical and contemporary evidence suggests that domestic terrorism is a more prevalent and pressing concern. A formal microeconomic model of terrorism is utilized here to understand acts of political violence in a domestic context within the domain of democratic governance.This article builds a very basic microeconomic model of terrorist decision making to hypothesize how a democratic government might influence the sorts of strategies that terrorists use. Mathematical models have been used to explain terrorist behavior in the past. However, the bulk of inquires in this area have only focused on the relationship between terrorists and the government, or amongst terrorists themselves. Central to the interpretation of the terrorist conflict presented here is the idea that voters (or citizens) are also one of the important determinants of how a government will respond to acts of terrorism.http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1028&context=jssConflict studiesDemocracy and democratizationHomeland securityMethodologyPolitical violenceTerrorism / counterterrorism |
| spellingShingle | John A. Sautter Variance, Violence, and Democracy: A Basic Microeconomic Model of Terrorism Journal of Strategic Security Conflict studies Democracy and democratization Homeland security Methodology Political violence Terrorism / counterterrorism |
| title | Variance, Violence, and Democracy: A Basic Microeconomic Model of Terrorism |
| title_full | Variance, Violence, and Democracy: A Basic Microeconomic Model of Terrorism |
| title_fullStr | Variance, Violence, and Democracy: A Basic Microeconomic Model of Terrorism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Variance, Violence, and Democracy: A Basic Microeconomic Model of Terrorism |
| title_short | Variance, Violence, and Democracy: A Basic Microeconomic Model of Terrorism |
| title_sort | variance violence and democracy a basic microeconomic model of terrorism |
| topic | Conflict studies Democracy and democratization Homeland security Methodology Political violence Terrorism / counterterrorism |
| url | http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1028&context=jss |
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