Does International Terrorism affect Public Attitudes toward Refugees? Evidence from a Large-scale Natural Experiment
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Standard
Does International Terrorism affect Public Attitudes toward Refugees? Evidence from a Large-scale Natural Experiment. / Eady, Gregory; Breton, Charles.
In: Journal of Politics, Vol. 84, No. 1, 2022, p. 554-559.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Harvard
APA
Vancouver
Author
Bibtex
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
T1 - Does International Terrorism affect Public Attitudes toward Refugees?
T2 - Evidence from a Large-scale Natural Experiment
AU - Eady, Gregory
AU - Breton, Charles
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Does international terrorism affect attitudes toward refugees? Does terrorism mobilize the public to pressure legislators to restrict refugee policy? Are these effects long- or short-lived? To answer these questions, this article presents results from a large-scale natural experiment to investigate the effects of the 2015 Islamic State terrorist attacks in Paris on attitudes toward Syrian refugees in a country that is a major recipient of refugees (Canada). The results demonstrate that the attacks increased (1) anxiety over refugee resettlement, (2) perceptions of refugees as a security and cultural threat, and (3) opposition to resettlement. Furthermore, the attacks increased mobilization among resettlement’s opponents. Using a large-scale survey (n=18,634) fielded daily across a three-week period, however, we show that these effects were decidedly short-lived. The findings are highly relevant to our understanding of public reactions to major terrorist attacks and the responses of political entrepreneurs in their aftermath.
AB - Does international terrorism affect attitudes toward refugees? Does terrorism mobilize the public to pressure legislators to restrict refugee policy? Are these effects long- or short-lived? To answer these questions, this article presents results from a large-scale natural experiment to investigate the effects of the 2015 Islamic State terrorist attacks in Paris on attitudes toward Syrian refugees in a country that is a major recipient of refugees (Canada). The results demonstrate that the attacks increased (1) anxiety over refugee resettlement, (2) perceptions of refugees as a security and cultural threat, and (3) opposition to resettlement. Furthermore, the attacks increased mobilization among resettlement’s opponents. Using a large-scale survey (n=18,634) fielded daily across a three-week period, however, we show that these effects were decidedly short-lived. The findings are highly relevant to our understanding of public reactions to major terrorist attacks and the responses of political entrepreneurs in their aftermath.
U2 - 10.1086/714781
DO - 10.1086/714781
M3 - Journal article
VL - 84
SP - 554
EP - 559
JO - Journal of Politics
JF - Journal of Politics
SN - 0022-3816
IS - 1
ER -
ID: 276000239