Urban poverty and support for Islamist terror: Survey results of Muslims in fourteen countries

Journal of Peace Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-47

  Mousseau, Michael ^a  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

globalization; political Islam; political violence; poverty; terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455228627     PISSN: 00223433     EISSN: 14603578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022343310391724     Document Type: Article

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