Terrorism/causes
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Revision as of 01:18, 7 February 2007 by Chriswaterguy (talk | contribs) (just a link to an article by Thomas Homer-Dixon, and a very brief summary)
Thomas Homer-Dixon argues that it is important to analyze the root causes of terrorism. He describes changes in population which benefit extremist causes, and discusses ways in which poverty might help recruit people to extremist causes, regardless of whether they themselves are poor.
Footnotes and references
Thomas Homer-Dixon, "Why Root Causes are Important (Published title: We Ignore Misery at Our Peril)," Toronto Globe and Mail, September 26, 2001. PDF document