Anti-American Behavior in the Middle East
Evidence from a Field Experiment in Lebanon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6387331 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Corstange (0000-0002-6501-7837, Columbia University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 311-325 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3816 • E-ISSN: 1468-2508 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/683372 |
| OpenAlex | W2286358372 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 27 |
Based on public opinion data, anti-Americanism of one form or another is endemic in the Middle East. This paper examines the extent to which hostility generalizes beyond opposition to American foreign policy but is unique to the United States. It conducts a field experiment in Lebanon that manipulates the putative sponsor of a survey and draws on a simple behavioral outcome: do people refuse to be interviewed based on who they think is asking the questions? Results show that academic sponsors do not affect participation rates but that refusals spike under government sponsorship of multiple nationalities—behavioral patterns which replicate in communities that vary widely in their a priori levels of hostility to the United States. Ironically, systematic opt-outs by political opponents make people in the government conditions appear more rather than less supportive of US-favored policies compared to their peers in the other treatment groups
Affect (linguistics · Government (linguistics · Hostility · Middle East · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Sociology · Survey data collection · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Media Influence and Politics · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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The Impact of Nonresponse Rates on Nonresponse Bias
Foreign-Sponsorship Effects in Developing-World Surveys
Anti-Americanism and Anti-Interventionism in Arabic Twitter Discourses
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Taking Sides in Other People’s Elections
Ethnicity on the Sleeve and Class in the Heart
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Elite Competition, Religiosity, and Anti-Americanism in the Islamic World
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Much Ado About Deception
| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |