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Colonial History, Modernization and Terrorism: The Effect of Colonialism and Modernization on Transnational Ethnoseparatist Terrorism, 1968-2002

Stephens, Kelsey Renee
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1275063261

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2010, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Sociology.
Using cross-national data from the ITERATE, Minorities at Risk, and World Development Indicators datasets, this paper investigates the relationship between colonial history, modernization, political regime, fertility and transnational ethnic terrorism. Drawing on prior research in terrorism, postcolonial studies and ethnic conflict, this paper will contribute to the understanding of violent ethnic conflict and terror in order to inform public policy and the “war on terror.” Using negative binomial and zero-inflated Poisson regression analysis of a sample of 60 countries from 1968-2002, results suggest that analyses of terrorism should be deconstructed based upon the target of the attacks, distinguishing between attacks against civilians (terrorism) and attacks against political targets (guerrilla war). Analyses demonstrate that the two have separate and distinct causal processes. Findings suggest that former colonies are expected to produce more acts of ethnoseparatist terrorism, even in situations of ethnic assimilation. Economic and political modernization and high fertility are demonstrated to increase both ethnoseparatist terrorism and guerrilla attacks. Ethnolinguistic assimilation and the presence of co-ethnics across international borders are found to have an ameliorative effect on the number of terrorist and guerrilla attacks. Results suggest long-lasting divisive effects of colonial control, as well as the processes of modernization and democratization as contributors to violent ethnic conflict.
Edward Crenshaw, PhD (Advisor)
J. Craig Jenkins, PhD (Committee Member)
Katherine Meyer, PhD (Committee Member)
81 p.
Political Science; Sociology
Terrorism; Ethnic Conflict; Colonialism; Modernization

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  • Stephens, K. R. (2010). Colonial History, Modernization and Terrorism: The Effect of Colonialism and Modernization on Transnational Ethnoseparatist Terrorism, 1968-2002 [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1275063261

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Stephens, Kelsey. Colonial History, Modernization and Terrorism: The Effect of Colonialism and Modernization on Transnational Ethnoseparatist Terrorism, 1968-2002. 2010. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1275063261.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Stephens, Kelsey. "Colonial History, Modernization and Terrorism: The Effect of Colonialism and Modernization on Transnational Ethnoseparatist Terrorism, 1968-2002." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1275063261

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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