The Foreign Policy Disconnect: What Americans Want from Our Leaders but Don't GetUniversity of Chicago Press, 15 сент. 2008 г. - Всего страниц: 351 With world affairs so troubled, what kind of foreign policy should the United States pursue? Benjamin Page and Marshall Bouton look for answers in a surprising place: among the American people. Drawing on a series of national surveys conducted between 1974 and 2004, Page and Bouton reveal that—contrary to conventional wisdom—Americans generally hold durable, coherent, and sensible opinions about foreign policy. Nonetheless, their opinions often stand in opposition to those of policymakers, usually because of different interests and values, rather than superior wisdom among the elite. The Foreign Policy Disconnect argues that these gaps between leaders and the public are harmful, and that by using public opinion as a guideline policymakers could craft a more effective, sustainable, and democratic foreign policy. |
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... world events, tends to stay steady over time. Collective opinion about for- eign policy reflects a great deal of information and knowledge about the world — more knowledge than most individuals can muster on Preface.
... reflect widely shared historical experiences and shared goals and values, together with reasonable beliefs about other countries, reasonable perceptions of what threats and problems face the United States, and reasonable ideas about ...
... proportion of the public favoring that policy will stay about the same. And that proportion will rather faithfully reflect the proportion of individual Americans whose “real” or long-term Taking Public Opinion Seriously 23.
... reflect the proportion of individual Americans whose “real” or long-term preferences support the policy.13 These features of collective public opinion are particular examples of what James Surowiecki calls “the wisdom of crowds.” In ...
... reflect nothing more than the unsurprising fact that people tend to give different responses when they are asked different questions. Altering a word or two, even saying “a” instead of “the,” can make a significant difference in meaning ...
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Friends and Foes in the World | 74 |
Military Strength and the Use of Force | 100 |
Political Cooperation | 139 |
Economic WellBeing and Economic Justice | 174 |
A Disconnect between Policy Makers and the Public? | 201 |
Preface | ix |
What Sort of Foreign Policy? | 1 |
Taking Public Opinion Seriously | 17 |
The Goals of Security and Justice | 38 |
Friends and Foes in the World | 74 |
Military Strength and the Use of Force | 100 |
Political Cooperation | 139 |
Economic WellBeing and Economic Justice | 174 |
Foreign Policy and Democracy | 227 |
Appendix How Goals Cluster | 247 |
Notes | 251 |
References | 313 |
Index | 325 |
Contents | v |
Illustrations | vii |
A Disconnect between Policy Makers and the Public? | 201 |
Foreign Policy and Democracy | 227 |
Appendix How Goals Cluster | 247 |
Notes | 251 |
References | 313 |
Index | 325 |
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