Government retaliation against terrorism: a cross‐national study

Autor:	Michael J. Stevens, Eros DeSouza, Rose M. Metivier
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Economic growth Government Sociology and Political Science Social Psychology Poison control Human factors and ergonomics Context (language use) Suicide prevention Economic cost Political economy Political science Political Science and International Relations Terrorism Narrative
Zdroj:	Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression. 3:1-19
ISSN:	1943-4480 1943-4472
DOI:	10.1080/19434472.2010.512216
Popis:	Given an increasingly globalized world connected via instant news sources, terrorism has emerged as a transnational concern. To determine the effect of terrorism on support for government retaliation, we randomly assigned 288 Peruvian and 586 US undergraduates to experimentally manipulated newsflashes of terrorist attacks that varied according to target (civilian, commercial, military), impact (high, low) and frequency of attack (first, latest in a series). A significant Target × Impact × Frequency × Gender × Country interaction emerged. Separate analyses by country demonstrated variability in Peruvians' retaliatory preferences and sensitivity to the economic costs of terrorism. Unlike pre‐9/11 studies, US respondents did not appear to base their retaliatory preferences on the temporal dimension of terrorist conflict. We explain our findings in terms of the ecological context of each country and national narratives reflected in the schemas of its citizens, and identify their applied and research implications.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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