The Domestic Sources of Nuclear Non-Use: Public Opinion and Collateral Damage

• In Event: JSS SESSION: Domestic Sources of International Politics

Brief Overview

Survey experiment on public opinion about use of nuclear weapons.

Finds an aversion to use of nuclear weapons.

Argues that this aversion is rooted in material consequences, not socially constructed taboo.

Authors

• Tyler Bowen, Yale University

• Michael Goldfien, Yale University