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Paying Attention to Foreign Affairs:

How Public Opinion Affects Presidential Decision Making
  • ISBN-13: 9780271037530
  • Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Thomas Knecht
  • Price: AUD $148.00
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  • Local release date: 13/02/2011
  • Format: Hardback 280 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: linguistics [CF]
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Examines the relationship between public opinion and U.S. foreign policy. Argues that policy making under intense public scrutiny differs from policy making when no one is looking.


Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Preface and Acknowledgments

A Note on the Surveys

Introduction

1. Foreign Policy in the Shadows and the Spotlight

2. The Five Stages of Decision Making

3. Patterns of Public Attention

4. The Persian Gulf Crisis: Problem Definition and Option Generation

5. Operation Desert Storm: Decision, Implementation, and Review

6. The Ethiopian Famine: Problem Definition and Option Generation

7. The Ethiopian Famine: Decision, Implementation, and Review

Conclusion

Appendix A: Quantitative Methods

Appendix B: Case Study Methods

Bibliography

Index


“This important study focuses on the most difficult and least studied aspect of public opinion—its impact on American foreign policy. Thomas Knecht develops a model linking types of decisions and the stages of the decision-making process with the likely impact of public opinion. The fine case studies of the Gulf War and the response to the Ethiopian famine draw on both archival research and interviews. This is a major addition to the growing literature on public opinion and foreign policy.”

—Ole R. Holsti, Duke University

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