TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Female Survival Calculations in Politically Violent Settings: How Political Violence and Terrorism Are Viewed as Pathways to Life
JO  - Studies in conflict and terrorism
A1  - Cunningham, Karla J.
SP  - 561
EP  - 575
VL  - 32
IS  - 7
N2  - Evolutionary theory's utility for the study of political phenomena, including war and nationalism, has been demonstrated. However, these studies fail to explain substate violence, including terrorism, and rarely evaluate whether cost-benefit analyses differ for males and females. This article seeks to demonstrate that evolutionary theory provides intriguing insights into two phenomena that observers find difficult to understand: political violence, including terrorism and self-sacrifice in the form of suicide attacks, and female political violence.<p /> 
LA  - en
SN  - 1057-610X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10576100902959114
ID  - ref1
ER  -