<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Daniela Lieberz</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Multivariate Statistics of Security Perceptions in Europe</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Information &amp; Security: An International Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">com-parative analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">desk research</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">European states</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Perception of security</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">political actors</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">political in-stability</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">political level</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">risks</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">social instability</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">statistical analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Structural Equation Modelling</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2015</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2015</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">33</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">138-166</style></pages><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A range of methods were applied to evaluate and understand security perceptions across five European countries. Eight dimensions of the security perception were assessed, namely physical safety, territorial integrity, environmental and ecological security, cultural identity, social stability, political stability, economic prosperity, and information and cyber security. Their evaluation and prioritisation was performed using the Perception Security Matrix representation. Statistical methods—contingency tables, functional analysis and structural equation modelling—were applied to explain the relationships between the dimensions and their dependencies on risk categories. Three basic principles were derived: “freedom from want” related to economic and environmental conditions, “freedom from instability” as determined by social and political issues, and “freedom from fear,” meaning freedom from war, terrorism and aggressiveness, and related also to the integrity of the private sphere. These general principles manifest themselves differently in different countries determined by specific political, social, cultural, and economic context.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue></record></records></xml>