Repression and Terrorism

A Cross-National Empirical Analysis of Types of Repression and Domestic Terrorism

Bibliographic Data

ID4087245
AuthorsJames A Piazza (0000-0002-6557-0894, Pennsylvania State University, corresponding author), James C Piazza (0000-0002-0763-4052, Department of Political Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA)
Year2017
Volume29
Issue1
Pages102-118
Publication date2017-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueTerrorism and Political Violence (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0954-6553 • E-ISSN: 1556-1836
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09546553.2014.994061
OpenAlexW2042692286
LanguageEN
Citations received42

While some scholars have theorized that repression reduces terrorism because it raises the costs of participating in terrorist activity by dissidents, others argue that repression stimulates terrorism by either closing off nonviolent avenues for expressing dissent or by provoking or sharpening grievances within a population. This study investigates these contradictory sets of expectations by considering whether or not different specific types of repression yield different effects on patterns of terrorism in 149 countries for the period 1981 to 2006. By assessing the impact of nine specific types of repression on domestic terrorism, the study produces some interesting findings: while, as expected, forms of repression that close off nonviolent avenues of dissent and boost group grievances increase the amount of domestic terrorism a country faces, types of repression that raise the costs of terrorist activity have no discernible suppressing effect on terrorism

Biology · Criminology · Dissent · Political science · Politics · Psychological repression · Sociology · Terrorism · Economic Sanctions and International Relations · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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