Scared Into Demanding Action: The Effects Of The Perceived Threat From Terrorism On Policy Salience
Keywords
Public opinion; Salience; Terrorism; Threat perception
Abstract
What makes ordinary people demand that politicians address international terrorism? Using a cross-national survey, this article investigates the causes of terrorism policy salience in thirteen countries. Consistent with arguments that terrorists try to coerce governments by signaling to their residents that they are vulnerable to attack, we find that perceived personal threat from terrorism is a powerful and consistent predictor that survey respondents will make terrorism their first policy priority. Other variables, including age, ideology, gender, education, identification with terror victims, and military assertiveness, have more mixed relationships with policy salience.
Publication Date
4-1-2017
Publication Title
Polity
Volume
49
Issue
2
Number of Pages
245-269
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1086/691200
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
85030850578 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85030850578
STARS Citation
Dolan, Thomas M. and Ilderton, Nathan, "Scared Into Demanding Action: The Effects Of The Perceived Threat From Terrorism On Policy Salience" (2017). Scopus Export 2015-2019. 7247.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2015/7247