IV.4 Surveys and attitude data

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Surveys and attitude data allow us to observe the subjective dimension of the conflict: perceptions of injustice, institutional trust, fear, identity, support for violence, willingness to participate and expectations about the future. They are important because many violent processes begin before visible armed events appear. From social physics, these attitudes function as microscopic variables that, when added, can produce macroscopic changes: polarization, mobilization, radicalization or loss of legitimacy. Its measurement allows us to connect the internal state of the population with the observable patterns of protest, repression or violence.

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