On Black Holes and Incubators of Terror: An Assessment of the Factors Determining the Growth of Domestic Terrorism

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Brief Overview

In this paper, I move beyond the root causes of domestic terrorism and develop an explanatory model for its growth. In particular, I position governmental weakness and territorial control as determinants of the growth of domestic terrorism.

Author

• Blair Welsh, University of Strathclyde