Does democracy promote or reduce transnational terrorist incidents?

被引:422
作者
Li, Q [1 ]
机构
[1] Penn State Univ, Dept Polit Sci, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
关键词
transnational terrorism; democracy; government constraints; democratic participation; electoral system; negative binomial;
D O I
10.1177/0022002704272830
中图分类号
D81 [国际关系];
学科分类号
030207 ;
摘要
This article studies the various mechanisms by which democracy affects transnational terrorism. New theoretical mechanisms are identified that either complement or encompass existing arguments. Different effects of democracy on transnational terrorism are assessed for a sample of about 119 countries from 1975 to 1997. Results show that democratic participation reduces transnational terrorist incidents in a country, while government constraints increase the number of those incidents, subsuming the effect of press freedom. The proportional representation system experiences fewer transnational terrorist incidents than either the majoritarian or the mixed system.
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页码:278 / 297
页数:20
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