Replication Data for: Do External Threats Unite or Divide? Security Crises, Rivalries, and Polarization in American Foreign Policy
<|begin_of_text|><|start_header_id|>system<|end_header_id|> You are a research archivist expert in dataset metadata. Answer the question truthfully.  <|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|> Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'A common explanation for increasing polarization in contemporary American foreign policy is the absence of external threat. I identify two mechanisms through which threats could reduce polarization: by revealing information about an adversary that elicits a bipartisan response from policymakers (information mechanism) and by heightening the salience of national relative to partisan identity (identity mechanism). To evaluate the information mechanism, Study 1 uses computational text analysis of the Congressional Record to explore whether security threats reduce partisanship in attitudes towards foreign adversaries. To evaluate the identity mechanism, Study 2 uses historic public opinion polls to assess whether threats reduce affective polarization among the public. Study 3 tests both mechanisms in a survey experiment that heightens a sec' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|> {"Answer" : ["international crisis","polarization","rivalry","security threat","US foreign policy"]} <|eot_id|>
 Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'A common explanation for increasing polarization in contemporary American foreign policy is the absence of external threat. I identify two mechanisms through which threats could reduce polarization: by revealing information about an adversary that elicits a bipartisan response from policymakers (information mechanism) and by heightening the salience of national relative to partisan identity (identity mechanism). To evaluate the information mechanism, Study 1 uses computational text analysis of the Congressional Record to explore whether security threats reduce partisanship in attitudes towards foreign adversaries. To evaluate the identity mechanism, Study 2 uses historic public opinion polls to assess whether threats reduce affective polarization among the public. Study 3 tests both mechanisms in a survey experiment that heightens a sec' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.
A common explanation for increasing polarization in contemporary American foreign policy is the absence of external threat. I identify two mechanisms through which threats could reduce polarization: by revealing information about an adversary that elicits a bipartisan response from policymakers (information mechanism) and by heightening the salience of national relative to partisan identity (identity mechanism). To evaluate the information mechanism, Study 1 uses computational text analysis of the Congressional Record to explore whether security threats reduce partisanship in attitudes towards foreign adversaries. To evaluate the identity mechanism, Study 2 uses historic public opinion polls to assess whether threats reduce affective polarization among the public. Study 3 tests both mechanisms in a survey experiment that heightens a sec
international crisis; polarization; rivalry; security threat; US foreign policy