The Acceptability of War and Support for Defense Spending: Evidence from Fourteen Democracies, 2004–2013

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dc.citation.firstpage788
dc.citation.issueNumber4
dc.citation.journalTitleJournal of Conflict Resolution
dc.citation.lastpage813
dc.citation.volumeNumber61
dc.contributor.authorEichenberg, Richard C.
dc.contributor.authorStoll, Richard J.
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-02T14:52:15Z
dc.date.available2017-08-02T14:52:15Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractWe study the factors that influence citizen support for defense spending in fourteen democracies over the period 2004–2013. We pose two research questions. First, what factors influence citizen support for war and military force? We refer to this as the acceptability of war. Second, in addition to the acceptability of war, what other factors affect support for defense spending? Our principal finding is that citizen acceptance of war and support for defense spending are most influenced by basic beliefs and values. Gender also has a strong negative influence on attitudes toward war and thus indirectly lowers support for defense spending among women. Attitudes toward war and defense spending are also sometimes influenced by short-term threats and by alliance considerations, but the effects are not as substantively meaningful. We conclude with a summary of the results and a discussion of the implications for theory and policy.
dc.identifier.citationEichenberg, Richard C. and Stoll, Richard J.. "The Acceptability of War and Support for Defense Spending: Evidence from Fourteen Democracies, 2004–2013." <i>Journal of Conflict Resolution,</i> 61, no. 4 (2017) Sage: 788-813. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022002715600760.
dc.identifier.digitalEichenberg_Stoll_JCR_14-0293_final_May1_2015
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/0022002715600760
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/96162
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage
dc.rightsThis is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Sage.
dc.titleThe Acceptability of War and Support for Defense Spending: Evidence from Fourteen Democracies, 2004–2013
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