America First populism, social volatility, and self-reported arrests

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 117; no. 43; pp. 26703 - 26709
• Main Authors: Levi, Ron, Sendroiu, Ioana, Hagan, John
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Academy of Sciences 27.10.2020
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Attitude; Attitudes; Boundaries; Crime; Crime - statistics & numerical data; Elections; Empirical analysis; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Politics; Populism; Poverty; Self Report; Social Change; Social interactions; Social Sciences; United States; Volatility; Xenophobia; Young Adult; United States; antiforeigner attitudes; populism; symbolic boundaries; social volatility

Despite research on the causes of populism and on the narratives of populist leaders, there is little empirical work on the relationship between populist attitudes and behavior, notably including criminal behavior. Our overarching concern is the recurrent social volatility of metaphorical populist t...