Thursday, July 07, 2005

Conference on the political economy of terrorism

Will someone kindly plow through this stuff [culled from a George Mason University School of Law conference on the political economy of terrorism] and summarize? There looks to be a lot of good material here:

  • Analytical History of Terrorism
  • Relevance of Rational Choice
  • Religious Extremists and Terrorism
  • The Importance of Culture
  • Law and Economics Perspective on Terrorism
  • Extremism, Suicide Terrorism and Authoritarianism
  • Institutional Change
  • International Political System, Supreme Values and Terrorism
  • Terrorism as Theater: Analysis and Policy Implications
  • Hiding in Plain Sight
  • Designing Real Terrorism Futures
  • Terrorism and Pork Barrel Spending
  • The Political Economy ofFreedom, Democracy and Terrorism
  • Terrorized Economies

[Courtesy of Marginal Revolution]

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