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Perceived Threats to Democracy: An Examination of Political Affiliation and Beliefs about Terrorism, State Control, and Human Rights
Author(s) -
Papastamou Stamos,
Prodromitis Gerasimos,
Iatridis Tilemachos
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
analyses of social issues and public policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.479
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1530-2415
pISSN - 1529-7489
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2005.00070.x
Subject(s) - terrorism , politics , democracy , human rights , state (computer science) , social psychology , power (physics) , political science , psychology , criminology , law , physics , algorithm , quantum mechanics , computer science
This article reports on the results of a survey that was conducted in Greece. It explored 1,027 respondents' (a) definitions of and beliefs about terrorism, (b) tolerance of restrictive measures against terrorism, (c) tolerance of violations of the human rights of those accused of terrorism, and (d) political affiliations. Respondents were classified according to their endorsement of anti‐terrorist and anti‐power beliefs. A multiple correspondence analysis indicated that respondents who endorsed neither anti‐terrorist nor anti‐power beliefs were most tolerant of restrictive anti‐terrorist measures and violations of human rights. These respondents either identified politically with the extreme Right, or refused to place themselves on the political continuum.