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Growth rate of population associated with high terrorism incidents in society

Journal of Economics Bibliography

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Title Growth rate of population associated with high terrorism incidents in society
 
Creator COCCIA, Mario;

CNR -- National Research Council of Italy &Arizona State University 

 

CNR -- National Research Council of Italy

Via Real Collegio, 30-10024, Moncalieri (TO), Italy

 

Arizona State University | Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity

550 East Orange St., Tempe, AZ | 85287-4804
 
Subject Terrorism; Population; Demographic Factors; Neo-Malthusian approaches; Population Growth; Income Inequality; Human Development Index; Political stability.
I24; I30; J10; N30; R23; Q56; Z10.
 
Description Abstract. What is the growth rate of population that maximizes fatalities from the terrorist incidents? This is a fundamental problem in studies of terrorism and political violence. The paper confronts this question here by analyzing demographic and socioeconomic factors causing and sustaining terrorism in society. Firstly, the present study suggests non-linear effects between confirmed fatalities for terrorist incident and rates of growth of population. Secondly, empirical analyzes and optimization reveal that a growth rate of population of about 3.6% maximizes the lethality due to terrorist incidents in society. This high growth rate of population associated with terrorism is in some problematic regions such as Iraq, Mali, Sudan, etc. Overall, then, the ethnicity and/or religion are illusory causes of terrorism, because they are not an environmental stressor per se. Instead, a distal cause of terrorism may be a critical demographic mass and high population growth that, in combination with socioeconomic issues and political instability, can induce terrorism as a result. Finally, some socioeconomic policies are suggested to enhance conditions of people to reduce this social issue over the long run.Keywords. Terrorism, Population, Demographic factors, Neo-Malthusian approaches, Population growth, Income inequality, Human development index, Political stability.JEL. I24, I30, J10, N30, R23, Q56, Z10.
 
Publisher Journal of Economics Bibliography
 
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Date 2018-10-21
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.kspjournals.org/index.php/JEB/article/view/1743
10.1453/jeb.v5i3.1743
 
Source Journal of Economics Bibliography; Vol 5, No 3 (2018): September; 142-158
2149-2387
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.kspjournals.org/index.php/JEB/article/view/1743/1753
 
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