Will We Help? Social Identity Theory and Counterterrorism Policy

• In Event: Designing Effective Counter Terrorism

Brief Overview

The paper uses social identity theory in a cross-national context to determine if racial backgrounds of foreign victims in a terrorist attack will influence American citizens' support for various counter-terrorism policies.

Authors

• Charles Kuan-Sheng Wu, Purdue University-Main Campus

• Yao-Yuan Yeh, University of St Thomas-Houston