Krueger And Jitka Maleckova Analysis
Alan B. Krueger and Jitka Maleckova bring a simple correlation to poverty and terrorism. There is no doubt that education directly correlates to the success of the individual. “Instead of viewing terrorism as a direct response to low market opportunities or lack of education, we suggest it is more accurately viewed as a response to political conditions and long-standing feelings of indignity and frustration (perceived or real) that have little to do with economics.” “Alan B. Krueger and Jitka Maleckova” Does Poverty Cause Terrorism?, June 23 2002. Directly relating this to the problems in the Middle East is simple enough with what has been developing over the last few years there. Terrorism is defined as violence for or against a state, though it is sometimes difficult to tell, like in the Middle East, who is actually the legitimate government. Though the widely accepted definition is "premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by
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There are a vast majority of accounts to show that economic status does not always directly lead to engagement or non engagement in terrorism. “It is possible, for example, that well-educated individuals will disproportionately participate in terrorist groups if they think that they will assume leadership positions if they succeed, or if they identify more strongly with the goals of the terrorist organization than less-educated individuals.” “Alan B. Krueger and Jitka Maleckova” Does Poverty Cause Terrorism?, June 23 2002. A relevant case pertaining to this subject is the San Bernardino shooting, the people who carried out this crime were middle class, and further brings to question how related poverty is to substantial acts of violence. There is no distinct correlation between poverty and terrorism, which has come to be shown multiple times through case studies of different areas of the
There are a vast majority of accounts to show that economic status does not always directly lead to engagement or non engagement in terrorism. “It is possible, for example, that well-educated individuals will disproportionately participate in terrorist groups if they think that they will assume leadership positions if they succeed, or if they identify more strongly with the goals of the terrorist organization than less-educated individuals.” “Alan B. Krueger and Jitka Maleckova” Does Poverty Cause Terrorism?, June 23 2002. A relevant case pertaining to this subject is the San Bernardino shooting, the people who carried out this crime were middle class, and further brings to question how related poverty is to substantial acts of violence. There is no distinct correlation between poverty and terrorism, which has come to be shown multiple times through case studies of different areas of the