Elevated threat levels and decreased expectations: How democracy handles terrorist threats

Poetics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 650-669

  Bonilla, Tabitha ^a   Grimmer, Justin ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84888138621     PISSN: 0304422X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.poetic.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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