Civil Liberties vs. Security
Public Opinion in the Context of the Terrorist Attacks on America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11065028 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Darren W Davis (0000-0001-6407-9430, Michigan State University), Brian D Silver (Michigan State University) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 28-46 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0092-5853 • E-ISSN: 1540-5907 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.0092-5853.2004.00054.x |
| OpenAlex | W2142058045 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 400 |
| References cited | 40 |
In the tradition of research on political tolerance and democratic rights in context, this study uses a national survey of Americans conducted shortly after the September 11, 2001 attack on America to investigate people's willingness to trade off civil liberties for greater personal safety and security. We find that the greater people's sense of threat, the lower their support for civil liberties. This effect interacts, however, with trust in government. The lower people's trust in government, the less willing they are to trade off civil liberties for security, regardless of their level of threat. African Americans are much less willing to trade civil liberties for security than whites or Latinos, even with other factors taken into account. This may reflect their long‐standing commitment to the struggle for rights. Liberals are less willing to trade off civil liberties than moderates or conservatives, but liberals converge toward the position taken by conservatives when their sense of the threat of terrorism is high. While not a forecast of the future, the results indicate that Americans' commitment to democratic values is highly contingent on other concerns and that the context of a large‐scale threat to national or personal security can induce a substantial willingness to give up rights
Civil liberties · Context (archaeology · Democracy · Government (linguistics · National security · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Terrorism · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
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| Citations per year | 19,05 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2026 (22) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 396 |