Heterogeneous Terrorism: Determinants of Left-Wing and Nationalist-Separatist Terrorism in Western Europe

Brockhoff Sarah, Tim Krieger and Daniel Meierrieks
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Brockhoff Sarah: University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, 2016, vol. 22, issue 4, 393-401

Abstract: We analyze the determinants of left-wing and nationalist-separatist terrorism for 18 Western European countries for the 1970–2007 period. Focusing on the influence of the Cold War, we find that it predicts left-wing but not nationalist-separatist terrorism, suggesting that there is indeed some heterogeneity in the causes of terrorism. However, we also find that a number of factors determine both kinds of terrorism, indicating that there were differences but also commonalities in the causes of left-wing and nationalist-separatist terrorism in Western Europe during our observation period.

Keywords: Cold War; terrorism; heterogeneity of terrorism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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