Where Terror Lies: Misrepresentation of Extremist Attitudes and Terrorist Attacks in the Sahel
Researchers have commonly treated misrepresentations in survey responses as an impediment to the accurate measurement of a variable or construct of substantive importance. This study builds on that approach and considers whether misreporting bias regarding support for violent extremism—both under- a...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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2023
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Terrorism and political violence
Año: 2023, Volumen: 35, Número: 4, Páginas: 888-907 |
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| Sumario: | Researchers have commonly treated misrepresentations in survey responses as an impediment to the accurate measurement of a variable or construct of substantive importance. This study builds on that approach and considers whether misreporting bias regarding support for violent extremism—both under- and over-reporting—may then have consequences for how terrorist violence itself unfolds. Using data from nearly 4,000 respondents in thirty-five communes in Burkina Faso, Chad, and Niger collected just prior to a recent wave of terrorist attacks, we find that communes where individuals under-report their true support for violent extremism—as measured with unobtrusive experimental methods—have a greater probability of experiencing subsequent Islamist attacks, controlling for socio-demographic characteristics of the commune, country-level proximity effects, and other time-varying factors. The findings raise important considerations regarding the measurement of extremist support, and they suggest a new tool for identifying communities potentially susceptible to terrorist violence. |
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| ISSN: | 1556-1836 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09546553.2021.1987893 |