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Commitment and Radical Religious Sects: An Empirical Examination of the Roots of Terrorism

Morales, Kendrick Thomas
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1415986828

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2014, Master of Arts, Miami University, Economics.
This paper provides an empirical examination of the observed use of two technologies that foster commitment (Sacrifice and Stigma (S&S); Social Service Provision (SSP)) to explain the incidence of terrorism. Proxies for these technologies were identified to evaluate the existence of such a link at the country-level. The cross-sectional analysis in this paper is consistent with the conclusions expressed in the extant theoretical literature that the commitment inducement (or identification) theory could be correct. Specifically, 3 out of the 4 proxies for S&S were robust predictors of terrorism and 6 out of the 7 proxies for both S&S and SSP were significant predictors of overall violence at the .01 level. These findings suggest that radical religious sects are remarkably successful in the production of coordinated violence and (when suitable) terrorist activity due to their exceptional ability to form a coalition of highly committed members.
George Davis (Advisor)
Prosper Raynold (Committee Member)
Jing Li (Committee Member)
44 p.
Economics
commitment; terrorism; radical religious sects; sacrifice and stigma; social service provision

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  • Morales, K. T. (2014). Commitment and Radical Religious Sects: An Empirical Examination of the Roots of Terrorism [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1415986828

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Morales, Kendrick. Commitment and Radical Religious Sects: An Empirical Examination of the Roots of Terrorism. 2014. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1415986828.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Morales, Kendrick. "Commitment and Radical Religious Sects: An Empirical Examination of the Roots of Terrorism." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1415986828

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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