Date of Award
Fall 12-14-2022
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Department
Intelligence and National Security Studies
College
College of Humanities and Fine Arts
First Advisor
Matthew R. Cobb
Abstract/Description
In the 21st century, the Muslim world is continuously growing, in which Muslim’s make up approximately 24% of the world’s population. Additionally, the Muslim-majority countries, of which 50% or more of the population identify as Muslim, have lagged behind historically in democratizing. In many of these Muslim-majority countries, terrorism has an active presence and often times a destabilizing effect. In this study, I utilize the Global Terrorism Database, and other various data sources, to provide an empirical assessment of the political institutions of Muslim-majority countries, and their correlations to terrorism. I find that Muslim-majority countries in a state of failure are very likely to experience terrorist attacks. I also find that Muslim-majority democracies have no statistically significant correlation to experiencing terrorist attacks. Lastly, the findings on Muslim-majority anocracies in this study can help provide further information for future studies on the correlation between anocracy and terrorism.
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Recommended Citation
Joyce, Kevin, "Regime Transitions, Democracy, and Terrorism in the Muslim World" (2022). Honors Theses. 482.
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/honors-theses/482