Terrorist Attacks and Trust in Institutions
Micro Evidence From Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10071718 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chandan Kumar Jha (0000-0001-7095-3032, Le Moyne College), Ishita Tripathi (0000-0002-3832-8867, Ahmedabad University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 7-8 |
| Pages | 1340-1371 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00220027241289843 |
| OpenAlex | W4403120154 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 47 |
The existing literature on terrorism focuses on the “rally-around-the-flag-effect” – a relatively short-term phenomenon. The non-immediate effects of terrorist attacks on trust in institutions, however, remain largely unexplored. Arguing that maintaining law and order and upholding peace is considered the responsibility of the political and legal institutions in democracies, we theorize the “accountability effect” suggesting that terrorist activities indicate institutional failures in preventing casualties, undermining residents’ trust in these institutions. Using over 350,000 individual-level observations from the European Social Survey, we find evidence of the accountability effect showing that exposure to terrorist activities undermines self-reported trust in various national and international institutions, including the parliament, legal institutions, the police, politicians, political parties, the European Parliament, and the United Nations. Whereas this negative relationship does not weaken with additional terrorist attacks, strong governance and high trust in institutions mitigate these adverse effects. Lastly, terrorist attacks do not affect trust among people
Criminology · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Terrorism · Economic Sanctions and International Relations · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
In Time of War
Conflict and Social and Political Preferences
Terrorism and electoral accountability
An improved Bonferroni procedure for multiple tests of significance
Conflicts among human values and trust in institutions
The control of the false discovery rate in multiple testing under dependency
A sharper Bonferroni procedure for multiple tests of significance
Terrorism and political attitudes
The Oxford Handbook of Social and Political Trust
Terrorism and the world economy
Voting after the Bombings
Protests and trust in the state
Institutions and Ethnic Trust
Civil war violence and political trust
The control of politicians
Incumbent performance and electoral control
The Electoral Cost of War
Bear Any Burden? How Democracies Minimize the Costs of War
Priming, Performance, and the Dynamics of Political Trust
When Backing Down Is the Right Decision
The effect of terrorist attacks on attitudes and its duration
The Effect of Terror on Institutional Trust
War, Casualties, and Public Opinion
On Terrorism and Electoral Outcomes
Tolerating Threat? The Independent Effects of Civil Conflict on Domestic Political Tolerance
International Peacekeeping and Positive Peace
War President
Terrorism, Trust, and Identity
How Terrorism Does (and Does Not) Affect Citizens’ Political Attitudes
A Bottom‐Up Theory of Public Opinion about Foreign Policy
Will 9/11 and the War on Terror Revitalize American Civic Democracy
How Fear Drives Us Apart
Commander-in-chief or chief economist
Terror and elections
Are Voters Sensitive to Terrorism? Direct Evidence from the Israeli Electorate
Domestic Political Audiences and the Escalation of International Disputes
Who trusts? Race, gender, and the September 11 rally effect among young adults
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |