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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Merolla, Jennifer Lee, 1975- Democracy at risk. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009 (OCoLC)778345443 |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Jennifer Lee Merolla; Elizabeth J Zechmeister |
ISBN: | 9780226520544 0226520544 9780226520551 0226520552 |
OCLC Number: | 317697782 |
Description: | xviii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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. |
Series Title: | Chicago studies in American politics. |
Responsibility: | Jennifer L. Merolla and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister. |
Abstract:
How do threats of terrorism affect the opinions of citizens? This book demonstrates how our strategies for coping with terrorist threats significantly influence our attitudes toward fellow citizens, political leaders, and foreign nations.
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"This book brings good contemporary social science to the public debate about the role of terror in the modern democracy. In the natural world, we typically see that people who find terrorism threatening will be more likely to support authoritarian and security-minded policies, but it is hard to say how much of this set of beliefs stems from a genuine concern about terrorism rather than personality or political interests. Merolla and Zechmeister's original experiments give real purchase on these questions." - Michael MacKuen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill" Read more...

