Introduction to National Security Coding System

The chapters in this section of the book explore the diverse perspectives of individuals from across the globe on the topic of national security. The focus is on responses to two items from the Personal and Institutional Rights to Aggression and Peace Survey (PAIRTAPS; Malley-Morrison et al. 2006): “National security is essential for individual and family security” and the follow-up item: “The best way to achieve security for individuals and families throughout the world is…” Participants were recruited from 2002 to 2010 through convenience sampling methods that included personal invitation and word of mouth, and took the PAIRTAPS either online or in some cases using paper and pencil. Responses were collected and coded by researchers from the Group on International Perspectives on Governmental Aggression and Peace (GIPGAP). The PAIRTAPS data collection effort reflects an interdisciplinary and international effort that has drawn on the insights and energies of scores of affiliates contributing to the data collection, coding methodology, and analysis processes led by Dr. Kathleen Malley-Morrison of Boston University.