Are they terrorist sympathizers or do they just disagree with the War on Terror? : a comment on testing theories of radicalization in polls of U.S. Muslims

Craig McGarty; Emma F. Thomas; Winnifred R. Louis

doi:10.1111/j.1530-2415.2012.01293.x

Are they terrorist sympathizers or do they just disagree with the War on Terror? : a comment on testing theories of radicalization in polls of U.S. Muslims

Craig McGarty, Emma F. Thomas, Winnifred R. Louis

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Abstract

McCauley (this issue) develops an analysis of the predictors of sympathetic, incipient support for terrorism. While we endorse the conceptual focus on terrorism as a process, our concern is that the data reported by McCauley do not address predictors of sympathy for terrorism. Rather, aspects of that contribution conflate opposition to the War on Terror with incipient support for terrorism. This is intensely problematic not least because the data reported actually suggest that opposition to the War on Terror and sympathy for terrorism are distinct.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	316-319
Number of pages	4
Journal	Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy
Volume	12
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-2415.2012.01293.x
Publication status	Published - 2012

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War on Terrorism_2001, 2009
terrorism

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Are they terrorist sympathizers or do they just disagree with the War on Terror? : a comment on testing theories of radicalization in polls of U.S. Muslims

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