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Bohmelt, Tobias and Bove, Vincenzo (2020) Does cultural proximity contain terrorism diffusion? Journal of Peace Research, 57 (2). pp. 251-264. doi:10.1177/0022343319864425
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0022343319864425
Abstract
What are the security consequences of population movements? This article seeks to provide a better understanding of when, how, and under what conditions terrorism diffuses across countries via migration flows as a vehicle. We contribute to this debate by studying the influence of migrants’ cultural proximity to the native population of their host country. It is argued that cultural closeness can contain such terrorism diffusion. Similarities in societal norms, customs, or beliefs seem likely to induce trust in the social interactions between migrants and locals. This, in turn, makes it more difficult for terrorist organizations to exploit transnational population movements for radicalization and as a recruitment pool – one of the core mechanisms linking population flows with terrorism. Conversely, migrants from culturally distant societies may find it more challenging to integrate into their new homes. A fertile ground for terrorist organizations for the recruitment of new followers is thereby more likely. Our analyses present consistent evidence that the effect of terrorism diffusing across countries weakens when accounting for cultural closeness between migrants and host societies. This key finding of our research has crucial implications for policy’s and scholars’ understanding of terrorism, the diffusion of terrorism across countries, and the security consequences of population movements.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Emigration and immigration, Emigration and immigration -- Psychological aspects, Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects, Terrorism, Terrorism -- Social aspects, Terrorism and globalization, Culture conflict, Acculturation, Assimilation (Sociology), Cultural fusion | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Peace Research | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0022-3433 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 1 March 2020 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 57 | ||||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 251-264 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1177/0022343319864425 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Publisher Statement: | Posted ahead of print. Bohmelt, Tobias and Bove, Vincenzo (2019) Does cultural proximity contain terrorism diffusion? Journal of Peace Research . Copyright © 2019 The Author(s). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. https://journals.sagepub.com/home/jpr | ||||||||
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