TY - GEN T1 - Misreading the Public : The Myth of a New Isolationism. A1 - Kull, Steven A2 - Destler, I. M. A2 - Steeper, Frederick T. A2 - Lake, Celinda LA - English PP - Washington DC PB - Brookings Institution Press YR - 1999 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1351198629 AB - 5 Foreign Aid -- Policy Practitioners' Perceptions of Public Attitudes -- Eliminating Foreign Aid -- Exceptions for Extreme Humanitarian Needs -- Overestimation of Size Given Little Significance -- Dissatisfaction with Performance Given Little Significance -- Public Attitudes -- Support Based on Altruism -- Support Linked to Self-Interest -- Reservations Based on Overestimation of Size -- Reservations Based on Program Performance and Priorities -- Summary -- 6 Defense Spending -- Policy Practitioners' Perceptions of Public Attitudes -- Response to Deep Cuts -- Reasons for Support AB - Do American policymakers really know what the American public wants in U.S. foreign policy? Through extensive interviews with members of the policy community, the authors reveal a pervasive belief--especially in Congress--that, in the wake of the cold war, the public is showing a new isolationism: opposition to foreign aid, hostility to the United Nations, and aversion to contributing U.S. troops to peacekeeping operations. This view of the public has in turn had a significant impact on U.S. foreign policy. However, through a comprehensive review of polling data, as well as focus groups, the a. OP - 329 NO - Description based upon print version of record. NO - Challenges Based on Assumptions about the Effective Public CN - E840.K85 1999 SN - 9780815791386 SN - 0815791380 SN - 9780815717669 KW - Public opinion : United States. KW - Isolationism : United States. KW - United States : Foreign relations : 1989- : Public opinion. KW - Opinion publique : États-Unis. KW - Isolationnisme : États-Unis. KW - États-Unis : Relations extérieures : 1989- : Opinion publique. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch ER -