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Democracy at risk : how terrorist threats affect the public / Jennifer L. Merolla and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister.
LIBRA HV6432 .M47 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Merolla, Jennifer Lee, 1975-
- Series:
- Chicago studies in American politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Terrorism--Prevention--Government policy--United States--Public opinion.
- Terrorism.
- Terrorism--United States--Prevention.
- Terrorism--Prevention--Government policy.
- Public opinion.
- United States.
- Voting--United States.
- Voting.
- Political psychology.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
- Summary:
- How do threats of terrorism affect the opinions of citizens? Speculation abounds, but until now no one had marshaled hard evidence to explain the complexities of this relationship. Drawing on data from surveys and original experiments they conducted in the United States and Mexico, Jennifer Merolla and Elizabeth Zechmeister demonstrate how our strategies for coping with terrorist threats significantly influence our attitudes toward other individuals, political leadership, and foreign nations. Our responses to such threats, the authors soberly argue, can put democracy at risk.
- Contents:
- Coping with the threat of terrorism
- Crisis creation : a methodological tour
- Love thy neighbor? : terror threat and the social fabric
- Holding out for a hero : looking for leadership in times of terror threat
- Enabling charismatic leadership in times of terror threat
- Engage abroad, protect at home.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226520544
- 9780226520551
- 0226520544
- 0226520552
- OCLC:
- 317697782
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