What motivates participation in violent political action: Selective incentives or parochial altruism?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1167, Issue , 2009, Pages 115-123

  Ginges, Jeremy ^a   Atran, Scott ^b,c,d  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Palestinians; Political violence; Settlers; Terrorism, sacred values

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARAB; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFLICT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FAMILY RELATION; FATHER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; IRAQ; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TERRORISM; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 67649651778     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04543.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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