In-Group Favoritism in International Justice Concerns: Power,Involvement, and Attitudes toward the Iraq War and the Cross Straits Relationship in Five Societies |
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| Authors: | James H. Liu Katja Hanke Ronald Fischer Li-Li Huang Glenn Adams Fei-xue Wang |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Victoria University of Wellington , james.liu@vuw.ac.nz;3. Victoria University of Wellington ,;4. National Tsing-hwa University ,;5. Kansas University ,;6. Sun Yat-sen University , |
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| Abstract: | Surveys in the USA, New Zealand, Taiwan, Japan, and China examined attitudes toward the Iraq War and the Cross-Straits Relationship between China and Taiwan. Factor analyses revealed a four-factor solution of justice concerns: (a) national mandate for military intervention, (b) international mandate against military action, (c) procedural justice, and (d) distributive justice issues. Americans and mainland Chinese were significantly different in an in-group favoring direction compared to other societies regarding justice concerns involving their nation. Taiwan, the low-powered society in the Cross-Straits Relationship, was like the uninvolved societies. Justice in international relations is filtered through in-group favoritism for powerful states. |
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