Undergraduate Honors Thesis

 

Educational Equity and Terrorism: Association between Educational Equity and Terrorist Activity in the MENA Region Public Deposited

https://scholar.colorado.edu/concern/undergraduate_honors_theses/ns0647163
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  • The Middle East suffers from the most terrorist attacks in the world, and many of these countries have very inequitable education systems, as well. The issue of why this region suffers with so much violence has not been answered with one solution, as it is such a complicated problem. An equitable education system can have tremendous impacts on countries’ success. This paper attempts to analyze the relation between the two.

    My hypothesis is the higher equity of education that countries have will lower terrorism activity in the MENA region. In order to prove this hypothesis or find a relationship, I compare the two educational equity variables, impartiality and equality of condition, with terrorist attacks in the MENA region, mostly in 2018. Impartiality is measured through PISA test scores, and equality of condition is measured through the percent of government expenditure spent on education. These are then compared to my dependent variable of domestic attacks in the MENA region. I also offer some qualitative analysis on both the general attitude citizens have on terrorism and education in the Middle East as well as a case study on Afghanistan to provide a deeper look into one country with high rates of terrorism. Due to limited data, the conclusions and causations I could draw were restricted, however, there seems to be an association between a more equitable education system and less terrorist attacks. My hope is that this can motivate future research into the subject, so more data is available, and more concrete conclusions can be drawn.

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  • 2021-04-07
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  • 2021-04-11
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