Relative deprivation theory (Davies, 1962) suggests that acts of anti-abortion terrorism result from the general widening of the gap between the individual's goals and expectations to a point of intolerance, whereas rational choice theory (Cornish and Clarke, 1986) sees such acts as the product of the individual's cost/benefit analysis. This thesis endeavors to improve upon our knowledge of the causal mechanisms associated with anti-abortion terrorism, within the context of relative deprivation theory and rational choice theory using a macro-level research design. The results of this study suggest certain Supreme Court decisions have a significant influence on whether some within the pro-life community view the use of violence as an appro...
The ruling of Roe v. Wade was a key point in the establishment of abortion policy in the United Stat...
Since the ruling of Roe v. Wade in 1973, controversy in regards to its acceptance in the U.S. remain...
During the 1990s, violence committed by individuals who subscribe to an anti-abortion ideology incre...
The American abortion debate has existed since the early 19th century; however, the previous four de...
Due to the US Supreme Court’s important policymaking role, landmark decisions can contribute to proc...
The issue of abortion in the political arena became escapable after the 1973 ruling of Roe v. Wade. ...
This article critiques one quantitative approach to morally supporting violence tolerated and/or app...
The Supreme Court\u27s 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, which held that women have a federal constituti...
The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appe...
The civil rights protests of the fifties and sixties taught the nation about the relation of the ena...
The tension surrounding abortion in the United States has arguably dominated the political sphere fo...
For the past fifty years, abortion opponents have fought for the power to ban abortion without littl...
During the 1980s and 1990s, anti-abortion violence and harassment targeted at reproductive health cl...
Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Political Science, 2014.Cataloged...
This thesis’s driving argument is that the Court’s shift from focusing on analyzing abortion cases w...
The ruling of Roe v. Wade was a key point in the establishment of abortion policy in the United Stat...
Since the ruling of Roe v. Wade in 1973, controversy in regards to its acceptance in the U.S. remain...
During the 1990s, violence committed by individuals who subscribe to an anti-abortion ideology incre...
The American abortion debate has existed since the early 19th century; however, the previous four de...
Due to the US Supreme Court’s important policymaking role, landmark decisions can contribute to proc...
The issue of abortion in the political arena became escapable after the 1973 ruling of Roe v. Wade. ...
This article critiques one quantitative approach to morally supporting violence tolerated and/or app...
The Supreme Court\u27s 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, which held that women have a federal constituti...
The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appe...
The civil rights protests of the fifties and sixties taught the nation about the relation of the ena...
The tension surrounding abortion in the United States has arguably dominated the political sphere fo...
For the past fifty years, abortion opponents have fought for the power to ban abortion without littl...
During the 1980s and 1990s, anti-abortion violence and harassment targeted at reproductive health cl...
Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Political Science, 2014.Cataloged...
This thesis’s driving argument is that the Court’s shift from focusing on analyzing abortion cases w...
The ruling of Roe v. Wade was a key point in the establishment of abortion policy in the United Stat...
Since the ruling of Roe v. Wade in 1973, controversy in regards to its acceptance in the U.S. remain...
During the 1990s, violence committed by individuals who subscribe to an anti-abortion ideology incre...