Attitudes and action: Public opinion and the occurrence of international terrorism

Science

Volumn 325, Issue 5947, 2009, Pages 1534-1536

  Krueger, Alan B ^a   Malečková, Jitka ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; LEADERSHIP; NATIONAL SECURITY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; TERRORISM;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHINA; CIVIL RIGHTS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; GOVERNMENT; INDIA; JAPAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEADERSHIP; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRORISM; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ATTITUDE; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LEADERSHIP; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY; TERRORISM;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 70349342911     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1170867     Document Type: Article

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