Misreading the Public : The Myth of a New Isolationism.
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 o...
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Washington DC :
Brookings Institution Press,
1999.
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| Dostęp online: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7864/jj.17497187 |
Spis treści:
- Cover
- Contents
- Foreword
- 1 The Puzzle
- Perception of a New Isolationism
- Cutbacks in U.S. International Engagement
- Lack of Evidence of Change in Public Attitudes
- A Decline in Priority?
- The Central Puzzle
- Design of This Study
- Interviews
- Comprehensive Analysis of Public Attitudes
- Workshops with Policy Practitioners
- Nationwide and Congressional District Polls
- The Use and Misuse of Polling Data
- The Authors' "Bias"
- The Organization of This Book
- PART ONE: The Gap
- 2 America's Role in Today's World
- Policy Practitioners' Perceptions of Public Attitudes
- Perceived Desire to Disengage
- Disengagement versus World Leadership
- Low Perceived Support for Multilateralism
- National Interest, Altruism, and Globalism
- Public Attitudes
- Rejection of the Dominant World Leader Role
- Support for Cooperative Engagement
- National Interest, Altruism, and Globalism
- Why It Might Seem Otherwise
- Summary
- 3 The United Nations
- Policy Practitioners' Perceptions of Public Attitudes
- Strengthening the UN
- Paying UN Dues
- Using Force through the UN
- Public Attitudes
- Strengthening the UN
- Paying UN Dues
- Using Force through the UN
- Summary
- 4 UN Peacekeeping
- Policy Practitioners' Perceptions of Public Attitudes
- Contributing U.S. Troops to UN Peacekeeping
- Reaction to Fatalities in General
- Reaction to Fatalities in Somalia
- Putting U.S. Troops under a Foreign Commander
- Public Attitudes
- Sources of Support
- Reservations about UN Peacekeeping Performance
- Contributing U.S. Troops
- Factors Influencing Support for Contributing to Specific Operations
- Response to Fatalities
- Putting U.S. Troops under a Foreign Commander
- Public Attitudes
- Sanguine about the Status Quo
- Underlying Support for Cutting
- Summary
- PART TWO: Challenging the Gap
- 7 Letting Policy Practitioners Ask the Questions
- Challenges Based on the Dynamics of the Electoral Process
- Do Americans Prefer Candidates Opposed to Engagement?
- Are Candidates Supporting Engagement Ripe for Political Attack?
- Is It Politically Dangerous to Spend Time on Foreign Policy?
- Do Supporters of Humanitarian Engagement Look Weak?
- Do Voters Want Policymakers to Be Less Idealistic than Themselves?