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100	1		_aPIAZZA JAMES A
245			_aDraining the swamp : _bdemocracy promotion, state failure, and terrorism in 19 Middle Eastern countries / _cJames A Piazza
260			_c2007
520			_aStatistical analysis of terrorist acts in the Middle East between 1972 and 2003 that tries to identify the effects of democracy and state cohesion. Finds that states that are more democratic are more prone to terrorist attacks than those that are dictatorships. Also finds that weak states or those that suffer periods of instability are more likely to suffer attacks. Concludes that fostering democracy will not of itself reduce terrorism.
650			_aMIDDLE EAST _xTERRORISM
650			_aTERRORISM _xINDICATORS
773			_aStudies In Conflict & Terrorism: _gVol 30 no 6, June 2007, pp521-539 (114)
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