Though often overlooked, public opinion has always played a
significant role in the development and promotion of US foreign
policy and this work seeks to comprehensively assess the impact and
nature of that opinion through a collection of historical and
contemporary essays.
The volume evaluates the role of organizations and movements
that look to represent public opinion, and assesses the nature of
their relationship with the government. The contributors utilize a
number of different approaches to examine this impact, including
polling data, assessments of the role of the media, and the wider
consideration of ideas and ideology, moving on to examine the
specific role played by the public in the policy making and policy
promotion process.
Engaging with new questions as well as approaching old questions
from a new angle, the work argues that whilst the roles change, and
the extent of influence varies, the power of the public to both
initiate and constrain foreign policy clearly exists and should not
be underestimated. This work will be of great interest to all those
with an interest in American foreign policy, American politics and
American history.
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