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

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dc.citation.firstpage788en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber4en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleJournal of Conflict Resolutionen_US
dc.citation.lastpage813en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber61en_US
dc.contributor.authorEichenberg, Richard C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorStoll, Richard J.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-02T14:52:15Zen_US
dc.date.available2017-08-02T14:52:15Zen_US
dc.date.issued2017en_US
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.en_US
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.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalEichenberg_Stoll_JCR_14-0293_final_May1_2015en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/0022002715600760en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/96162en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSageen_US
dc.rightsThis is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Sage.en_US
dc.titleThe Acceptability of War and Support for Defense Spending: Evidence from Fourteen Democracies, 2004–2013en_US
dc.title.subtitleReplication dataen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.publicationpost-printen_US
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