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Fear Unchecked: The Role of Mass Fear in Civil Liberties Reductions after Terrorist Attacks |
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How is the public affected by terrorist attacks? Numerous scholars have posited that the public typically overreacts to threats, others contend that the public is rational in its opinions. In this paper, the role of the public in post-terror attack civil liberty abridgements will be discussed. In the end, it will be shown, through studying public opinion polls from the US, UK and Israel, that public fear levels jump up after terrorist attacks and that this jump is concomitant with a demand for action. The public is also more willing to cede liberties after attacks. These factors create an opportunity for the executive to act. However, public fears and the willingness to trade liberties-for-security fade, or decay, over time, thus eventually constraining executive action. |
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Name: Midwest Political Science Association
URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~mpsa/
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| Rubin, Gabriel. "Fear Unchecked: The Role of Mass Fear in Civil Liberties Reductions after Terrorist Attacks" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, IL, Apr 12, 2007 <Not Available>. 2008-12-11 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p197811_index.html> |
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| Rubin, G. , 2007-04-12 "Fear Unchecked: The Role of Mass Fear in Civil Liberties Reductions after Terrorist Attacks" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, IL Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2008-12-11 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p197811_index.html |
Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: How is the public affected by terrorist attacks? Numerous scholars have posited that the public typically overreacts to threats, others contend that the public is rational in its opinions. In this paper, the role of the public in post-terror attack civil liberty abridgements will be discussed. In the end, it will be shown, through studying public opinion polls from the US, UK and Israel, that public fear levels jump up after terrorist attacks and that this jump is concomitant with a demand for action. The public is also more willing to cede liberties after attacks. These factors create an opportunity for the executive to act. However, public fears and the willingness to trade liberties-for-security fade, or decay, over time, thus eventually constraining executive action. |
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| Fear Unchecked: The Role of Mass Fear in Civil Liberties Reductions after Terrorist Attacks Gavriel Rubin How is the public affected by terrorist attacks? Numerous scholars have posited that the public typically overreacts to threats1 others contend that the public is rational in its opinions2. In this paper the role of the public in post-terror attack civil liberty abridgements will be discussed. The paper begins with a recanting of the overarching theory of my study then a look at |
| down over time after attacks but societies do not necessarily adapt to terror in the same ways—though Israeli society was able to adapt. The public generally is willing to forego liberties after attacks but not all liberties and not the type of liberties that are more likely to affect the majority. 82 Landau Mark J. Sheldon Solomon Jeff Greenberg Florette Cohen Tom Pyszczynski Jamie Arndt Claude H. Miller Daniel M. Ogilvie and Alison Cook. “Deliver Us From Evil: The |
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