Terrorism and public opinion
A five country comparison
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4087526 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher Hewitt (University of Maryland, College Park, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 145-170 |
| Publication date | 1990-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Terrorism and Political Violence (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0954-6553 • E-ISSN: 1556-1836 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09546559008427059 |
| OpenAlex | W1983350986 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 5 |
This article examines public attitudes towards terrorism in five countries: Uruguay, Spain, Italy, Germany and Northern Ireland. It analyzes public concern over terrorism, images of the terrorists, support for the terrorists' goals, and public approval of anti‐terrorist measures. There are significant differences between nationalist and revolutionary terrorism. Nationalist terrorists have a high degree of support from an ethnic constituency, while revolutionary terrorists attract a much smaller degree of support primarily from the educated young. It is concluded that public opinion towards terrorism is a product of complex historical situations, and that public attitudes are unaffected by the terrorist campaign itself
Criminology · Ethnic group · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Public support · Sociology · Terrorism · Law · Public Administration · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
Midiendo la espiral del silencio en contextos de violencia política
Defeated by Popular Demand
Deterring the terrorist
Cómo financiar el terrorismo
Reading anonymity
Deconstructing the terrorism–news media relationship
Early returns
Terror and tolerance
Some skeptical comments on large cross‐national studies
The importance of space in violent ethno‐religious strife
Taking stock of research methods and analysis on oppositional political terrorism
Counterterrorism Evaluation and Citizens
The provisional IRA
The amateur revolutionaries
Internal security and judicial co-operation beyond maastricht
Revolution in the city
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,46 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2022 (32) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |