Download or read book Failed States and the Origins of Violence written by Tiffiany Howard and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utilizing global barometer data, Tiffiany Howard examines the underpinnings of individual support for political violence and argues that an insidious pattern of deprivation within failed states drives ordinary citizens to engage in and support extreme acts of political violence. A rigorous examination of four regions plagued by a combination of failed states and political violence - Sub Saharan Africa, The Middle East and North Africa, Southeast and South Asia, and Latin America - this text draws parallels to arrive at a single conclusion; that failed states are a natural breeding ground for terrorism and political violence.