Threat and Emotion: How Ideological and Affective Threats Foster Antidemocratic Behavior

• In Event: Anti-Democratic Attitudes, Political Participation, and Backsliding

Brief Overview

We find no direct effect of redistributive or partisan threats on attitudes or behaviors. Indirectly, however, such threats increase support for and engagement in antidemocratic acts through anger.

Author

• Mario Fuks, Ufmg