Public opinion and terrorist acts

0368786 - NHÚ 2012 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Malečková, Jitka - Stanišić, Dragana
Public opinion and terrorist acts.
European Journal of Political Economy. Roč. 27, Sup. 1 (2011), S107-S121. ISSN 0176-2680. E-ISSN 1873-5703
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LC542
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z70850503
Keywords : support for terrorism * public opinion * international terrorism
Subject RIV: AH - Economics
Impact factor: 1.437, year: 2011

The paper examines support for terrorism in public opinion and the relationship with terrorist attacks. We link the 2007 PEW survey data on justification for suicide terror and opinions in 16 countries of the Middle East, Africa and Asia on nine regional powers, to the NCTC data on international terrorist acts between 2004 and 2008. We find that justification in public opinion for suicide terrorism increases terror attacks on people in countries that are unfavorably regarded. There is a robust positive relationship between the share of the population in a country that at the same time justifies suicide bombings and has an unfavorable opinion of another country, and terrorism originating from the former country.
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