Domestic Spying: A Historical-Comparative Perspective

Deflem, Mathieu; Silva, Derek M. D.; Rogers, Anna S.

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“…We consider Germany a most likely case regarding the effects of the introduction of state surveillance measures on political support. Due to the elaborate security and surveillance systems that pertained in Nazi Germany and the German Democratic Republic, Germany has a quite unique domestic intelligence structure (i.e., federal and independent state agencies as well as independence from the police) and comparatively extensive regulations on privacy and data protection (Deflem et al 2018). The majority of the German population opposes data collection on citizens by the government and values the protection of privacy rights (Trepte & Masur 2017).…”

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Public support for state surveillance

Ziller

Helbling

2020

European J Political Res

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This study examines citizens’ support for state surveillance, contingent upon factors related to policy design and the context of implementation. While most people want to live in a secure environment, we argue in this study that the support of policies to reach this goal depends on their necessity, extensiveness and reliability. Results from survey experiments in four European countries show that citizens are ready to approve the introduction of far‐reaching state surveillance that includes measures of facial recognition and motion detection. Public support is further enhanced if these measures are to be targeted at potential criminals, rather than at all citizens (i.e., policy extensiveness), as well as if a safety threat is salient (i.e., policy necessity). Concerns about data security reduce support (i.e., policy reliability). While these conditions matter for the support of specific policies, they do not influence how trustworthy citizens consider government and other political authorities to be.

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Public support for state surveillance

Ziller

Helbling

2020

European J Political Res

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“…The German case, with several right‐wing extremist terrorist acts in recent years (and thus an increased severity of this threat since the time of our survey), and the radicalization of protests against antipandemic policies, particularly, illustrates how necessary it is to discuss the effectiveness of such policies and to point to the need for appropriate forms of government monitoring. Moreover, Germany constitutes a highly instructive case for the study of surveillance support: Related to negative experiences with surveillance in Nazi Germany and the GDR, there is a strong tradition of skepticism regarding data collection and government monitoring, and citizens are expected to react sensitively to policy changes in this area (Deflem et al, 2018).…”

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Considered effective? How policy evaluations and threat perceptions affect support for surveillance in the context of terrorism

Trüdinger

Ziller

2022

Politics & Policy

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Surveillance policies aimed at combating terrorism and improving public security can also lead to constraints on civil liberties. In view of this trade‐off between the potential benefits and risks of surveillance, it is particularly important to study how effectiveness considerations shape public support for surveillance. We argue that effectiveness perceptions enhance policy support, but that the manner in which citizens view policy effectiveness depends on their perceptions of threats related to terrorism and to violations of civil liberties. Using data from a factorial survey experiment in Germany, we show that policy effectiveness is the most relevant predictor of citizens' support for different surveillance measures. Moreover, we find evidence that depending on the scope of surveillance, respondents perceiving threats to their liberty rely much less heavily on policy effectiveness as a criterion for evaluating policies, compared to those whose threat perception is low. Related Articles Awan, Imran. 2012.“‘I Am a Muslim Not an Extremist’: How the Prevent Strategy Has Constructed a ‘Suspect’ Community.” Politics & Policy 40(6): 1158–85. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2012.00397.x. Doan, Alesha E., and Corinne Schwarz. 2020. “Father Knows Best: ‘Protecting’ Women through State Surveillance and Social Control in Anti‐Abortion Policy.” Politics & Policy 48(1): 6–37. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12337. Jenkins‐Smith, Hank C., and Kerry G. Herron. 2009. “Rock and a Hard Place: Public Willingness to Trade Civil Rights and Liberties for Greater Security.” Politics & Policy 37(5): 1095–129. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2009.00215.x/abstract.

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Domestic Spying: A Historical-Comparative Perspective

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Public support for state surveillance

Public support for state surveillance

Considered effective? How policy evaluations and threat perceptions affect support for surveillance in the context of terrorism

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