Pakistan's Middle Class Extremists

Pakistan's Middle Class Extremists

 

Graeme Blair

 

, C. Christine Fair

 

, Neil Malhotra

 

, Jacob N. Shapiro

 

Policymakers have converged on economic development as a key to ending terrorism, in the belief that poorer people are more susceptible to the appeals of violent groups. In fact, in Pakistan, the poor are less supportive of militant groups than the middle class. Read