ABSTRACT
This chapter analyzes the relationship between generalized interpersonal trust and domestic terrorism globally. It focuses on the theoretical framework in order to provide theoretical clarity, and subsequently, test the hypothesis that states with lower levels of generalized interpersonal trust, on average, experience greater levels of domestic terrorist activity utilizing a two-stage ordinary least-squares regression model. The preeminent theoretical proposition stated that the choice of terrorism over large-scale collective action by an individual is the product of low levels of generalized interpersonal trust. In other words, on average, individuals with lower levels of interpersonal trust are more likely to participate in terrorism than individuals with higher levels of generalized interpersonal trust when all other variables are held constant. Domestic terrorism appears to share a far more complicated relationship with Government Performance than Economic Development.
