A Review of Psychological Factors in Voting Behaviour after Terror Attacks

Emre Lale; Tolga Gitmez

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Terör Saldırıları Sonrası Oy Verme Davranışındaki Psikolojik Faktörlerin İncelenmesi

Öz

Son otuz yıldır, birçok ülke farklı terör örgütleri ve metotlarıyla mücadele etmektedir. Terör saldırılarının günlük hayatımıza etkisi kolayca görülebilse de, bu saldırıların seçimler gibi demokrasinin unsurları üzerinde derin bir etkisi olabilir. Bu çalışma, terör eylemleri ve seçim sonuçları üzerine bulguları derlemeyi ve olası değişimleri açıklamaya çalışmayı amaçlamaktadır. Mevcut bulgular, İspanya, Türkiye, İsrail ve Fransa’da gerçekleşen vakaları sunmaktadır. Bu vakaların bağlamlarının, seçim sonuçlarının ve farklı oy verme modellerinin incelenmesinin ardından bayrak etrafında toplanma etkisinin görevdeki partilere artan desteği açıklayabileceğini öne sürüyor ve farklı duyguların görevdeki parti üzerindeki olası etkilerini tartışıyoruz.

Anahtar Kelimeler

A Review of Psychological Factors in Voting Behaviour after Terror Attacks

Abstract

In the last thirty years, different countries have been struggling with different terrorist organizations and a variety of their methods. Even though the effects of terrorist attacks are in plain sight for our daily lives, those incidents can have a deep impact on the institutions of democracies, such as election. This paper aims to collect different pieces of information from the literature on terror attacks and election results and tries to interpret what factors might explain the change in the election results. The existing literature present cases from Spain, Turkey, Israel, Peru and France. After reviewing those cases, election results and the contexts the attacks took place we argue that different models of voting and rally-round-the-flag effect can be used to explain why incumbent parties may gain support after terror attacks, whereas different emotions can moderate the decreasing support for incumbent parties.

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Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

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Bölüm

İnceleme Makalesi

Yazarlar

Emre Lale ^*
0000-0001-6379-7270
Türkiye

Tolga Gitmez
0000-0002-0189-868X
Türkiye

Yayımlanma Tarihi

26 Aralık 2020

Gönderilme Tarihi

3 Temmuz 2020

Kabul Tarihi

4 Eylül 2020

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2020 Cilt: 3 Sayı: 2

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA53PE64NA

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Lale, E., & Gitmez, T. (2020). A Review of Psychological Factors in Voting Behaviour after Terror Attacks. International Journal of Economics Administrative and Social Sciences, 3(2), 49-62. https://izlik.org/JA53PE64NA