Description: Democracy at Risk Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). How Terrorist Threats Affect the Public Author(s): Jennifer L. Merolla, Elizabeth J. Zechmeister Format: Hardback Publisher: The University of Chicago Press, United States Imprint: University of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 9780226520544, 978-0226520544 Synopsis 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 L. Merolla and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister demonstrate how our strategies for coping with terrorist threats significantly influence our attitudes toward fellow citizens, political leaders, and foreign nations. The authors reveal, for example, that some people try to restore a sense of order and control through increased wariness of others - especially of those who exist outside the societal mainstream. Additionally, voters under threat tend to prize 'strong leadership' more highly than partisan affiliation, making some politicians seem more charismatic than they otherwise would. The authors show that a wary public will sometimes continue to empower such leaders after they have been elected, giving them greater authority even at the expense of institutional checks and balances. Having demonstrated that a climate of terrorist threat also increases support for restrictive laws at home and engagement against terrorists abroad, Merolla and Zechmeister conclude that our responses to such threats can put democracy at risk.
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Book Title: Democracy at Risk
Number of Pages: 280 Pages
Publication Name: Democracy at Risk: How Terrorist Threats Affect the Public
Language: English
Publisher: T.H.E. University of Chicago Press
Item Height: 234 mm
Subject: Government, Politics
Publication Year: 2009
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 530 g
Author: Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, Jennifer L. Merolla
Item Width: 164 mm
Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics (Chup)
Format: Hardcover
