The societal theory of terrorism: How socioeconomic and psychological factors form patterns of terrorist behavior
Abstract
The author understands the terrorism as a complex phenomenon, based on interconnected factors, which can be understood at different levels of analysis. In the article the societal level of analysis is used to explain terrorism through the historical development and cultural background of the society which is viewed as a large and complex system, including its political, social and economic environments as well as its historic development as it undergoes the modernization process. The author tries to identify casual relationship between features of a distinct society and the occurrence of terrorism in that society.
About the Author
Igor’ Khokhlov
Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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