same conclusion, suggesting that the adverse effect of Islamist terrorism on women' rights is causal. Further emphasizing … the role of violent Islamist fundamentalism, we find no evidence that Islam per se (as indicated by a country's Muslim … population share) affects the position of women in society. Finally, we show that left-wing and nationalist-separatist terrorism …

international terrorism at the top of the agenda of European policy-makers. This paper analyzes the costs of terrorism in the … European Union from both a theoretical and empirical perspective in order to evaluate counter-terrorism policies by comparing … predispositions typically result in a biased perception of the risk of terrorism leading to too high a demand for counter-terrorism …

This contribution examines the role of market-capitalism in anti-American terrorism. It differentiates between level …-peace literature coincide with less anti-American terrorism, it also suggests that the process of marketization has inflammatory … effects on anti-American terrorism. Using panel data for 149 countries between 1970 and 2007, this contribution indeed finds …

We analyze the effect of income inequality on terrorism for a sample of 114 countries between 1985 and 2012. We provide …), that higher levels of income inequality are associated with more terrorism. Consistent with relative deprivation theory, we … terrorism to voice dissent and achieve a redistribution of wealth. Furthermore, we provide evidence of an indirect effect of …

We examine the role of market-capitalism in anti-American terrorism, differentiating between level- and rate …-peace literature - coincide with less anti-American terrorism, while the marketization process has inflammatory effects on anti …-American terrorism. These findings are further corroborated by system-level time-series evidence. We argue that a higher level of market …