Does higher education decrease support for terrorism?

0425187 - NHÚ 2014 RIV DE eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Malečková, Jitka - Stanišić, Dragana
Does higher education decrease support for terrorism?
Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy. Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2013 - (Böhmelt, T.; Sekeris, P.), s. 343-358. Volume 19, Issue 3. ISSN 1079-2457.
[The 13th Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference. Milan (IT), 24.06.2013-26.06.2013]
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GAP402/12/0510
Institutional support: RVO:67985998
Keywords : international terrorism * public opinion * education
Subject RIV: AH - Economics

The paper examines the educational level of the part of the public in 16 Middle Eastern, Asian and African countries who justify suicide bombing and dislike regional/world powers, and its relationship with the occurrence of terrorism originating from the former countries and directed against the powers. We find that the share of highly educated people in this critical support group (regardless of gender and age) in a country is significantly correlated with the number of international terrorist acts carried out by individuals or groups from that country. The paper confirms that public opinion has an impact on terrorism and suggests that increasing education is not by itself a sufficient means of counter-terrorist policy.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0231217