The Inadvertent Effects of Democracy on Terrorist Group Emergence Erica Chenoweth 2006-06 November 2006 CITATION AND REPRODUCTION This document appears as Discussion Paper 2006-06 of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. BCSIA Discussion Papers are works in progress. Comments are welcome and may be directed to the author via email at
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[email protected]. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Erica Chenoweth is a Research Fellow in the International Security Program (ISP) at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, and a doctoral candidate in political science at the University of Colorado. She is currently completing her dissertation, which expands upon the findings reported in this paper. In other projects, Chenoweth has researched international norms and security, the local politics of homeland security, strategic nonviolent action, and the relationship between corruption and terrorism. Forthcoming book projects include an in-depth examination of the relationship between regime type and terrorism and an ongoing project that explores variation in local homeland security coalition building, suggesting strategies for local governance for homeland security (with Susan E.