Counterterrorism And Its Impact On Terror Support And Recruitment: Accounting For Backlash

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 431-445

  Faria, João Ricardo ^a   Arce, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Backlash; Counterterrorism policies; Dynamic model; Terror recruitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867207914     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: 14768267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2011.604930     Document Type: Article

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