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OPINION CONGRUENCE AND THE FORMULATION OF SEISMIC SAFETY POLICIES
Author(s) -
Mushkatel Alvin H.,
Nigg Joanne M.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1987.tb00817.x
Subject(s) - congruence (geometry) , key (lock) , public opinion , perception , political science , public relations , public policy , public administration , business , social psychology , psychology , computer security , law , politics , computer science , neuroscience
This article examines key actors’and citizens’perceptions on several issues involving various actions designed to lessen the effects of a damaging earthquake as well as the degree of concern these groups have over the occurrence of such an event. The relationship discovered between key actors’and the public's attitudes on these issues indicates that several other studies of earthquake policy adoption which suggest that a lack of citizen awareness and support for earthquake policy are the major barriers to adoption may be in error. In fact, it is discovered that in the Central states, it is the public which is concerned and supportive of such policy and the key actors who are more reluctant to endorse such policies.