Fifty shades of deprivation: disaggregating types of economic disadvantage in studies of terrorism

Does economic deprivation fuel terrorist recruitment? A large empirical literature has explored this question, but the findings remain contradictory and inconclusive. We argue that this is due to inconsistencies in the way deprivation has been defined and measured. This article identifies these defi...

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Main Authors: Hertog, S, Arellano, A, Hegghammer, T, Østby, G
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2024