Paying Attention to Foreign Affairs : : How Public Opinion Affects Presidential Decision Making /

Paying Attention to Foreign Affairs : : How Public Opinion Affects Presidential Decision Making / / Thomas Knecht.

Do American presidents consider public opinion when making foreign policy decisions? In a democracy, it is generally assumed that citizen preferences inform public policy. For a variety of reasons, however, foreign policy has always posed a difficult challenge for democratic governance. In Paying At...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
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Knecht, Thomas,
Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]
©2010
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • 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:
  • 5 Operation Desert Storm:
  • 6 The Ethiopian Famine:
  • 7 The Ethiopian Famine:
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: Quantitative Methods
  • Appendix B: Case Study Methods
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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