Americans and the world: A survey at century's end

Foreign Policy

Volumn , Issue 114, 1999, Pages 97-114

  Rielly, John E ^a  

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EID: 0039848702     PISSN: 00157228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1149593     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Contact the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations for further information on the full report, American Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Policy 1999, or visit the Chicago Council's Web site, www.ccfr.org. The analysis for this study was prepared with the following collaborators: Arthur Cyr, Clausen distinguished professor at Carthage College; Stephen Del Rosso Jr., program director of the Chicago Council; April Kanne Donnellan, program officer of the Chicago Council; Catherine Hug, consultant; Benjamin Page, Fulcher professor of decision making at Northwestern University; Richard Sobel, political scientist at Harvard University; and Jason Barabas, doctoral student in political science at Northwestern University.*
2. To understand how domestic public and élite sentiments on foreign policy have shifted since the Chicago Council's last nationwide survey, read John E. Rielly, ed., American Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Policy 1995 (Chicago: Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, 1995). Rielly's "The Public Mood at Mid-Decade" (FOREIGN POLICY, Spring 1995) provides a summary and an analysis of the 1994 survey's findings. For a contrasting view, see America's Place in the World II (Washington: Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, 1997). The most in-depth analysis of the Chicago Council's surveys was undertaken in Eugene Wittkopf's Faces of Internationalism: Public Opinion and American Foreign Policy (Durham: Duke University Press, 1990).
3. To understand how domestic public and élite sentiments on foreign policy have shifted since the Chicago Council's last nationwide survey, read John E. Rielly, ed., American Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Policy 1995 (Chicago: Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, 1995). Rielly's "The Public Mood at Mid-Decade" (FOREIGN POLICY, Spring 1995) provides a summary and an analysis of the 1994 survey's findings. For a contrasting view, see America's Place in the World II (Washington: Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, 1997). The most in-depth analysis of the Chicago Council's surveys was undertaken in Eugene Wittkopf's Faces of Internationalism: Public Opinion and American Foreign Policy (Durham: Duke University Press, 1990).
4. To understand how domestic public and élite sentiments on foreign policy have shifted since the Chicago Council's last nationwide survey, read John E. Rielly, ed., American Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Policy 1995 (Chicago: Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, 1995). Rielly's "The Public Mood at Mid-Decade" (FOREIGN POLICY, Spring 1995) provides a summary and an analysis of the 1994 survey's findings. For a contrasting view, see America's Place in the World II (Washington: Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, 1997). The most in-depth analysis of the Chicago Council's surveys was undertaken in Eugene Wittkopf's Faces of Internationalism: Public Opinion and American Foreign Policy (Durham: Duke University Press, 1990).
5. To understand how domestic public and élite sentiments on foreign policy have shifted since the Chicago Council's last nationwide survey, read John E. Rielly, ed., American Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Policy 1995 (Chicago: Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, 1995). Rielly's "The Public Mood at Mid-Decade" (FOREIGN POLICY, Spring 1995) provides a summary and an analysis of the 1994 survey's findings. For a contrasting view, see America's Place in the World II (Washington: Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, 1997). The most in-depth analysis of the Chicago Council's surveys was undertaken in Eugene Wittkopf's Faces of Internationalism: Public Opinion and American Foreign Policy (Durham: Duke University Press, 1990).
6. To find other recent surveys of American public attitudes on foreign-policy "hot-button" topics ranging from NATO enlargement to U.S. funding of the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund, consult the series of studies published by the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA). A clearing-house for thousands of surveys, the Roper Center for Public Opinion is also an excellent resource for all students of the subject.
7. Much of the recent debate among academics has focused on the perceived disjoint between leaders and the American public on the issue of how prominent a role the United States should play overseas. Steven Kull, I.M. Destler, and Clay Ramsay contend that policymakers have mistakenly identified an isolationist impulse in the American people in their report, The Foreign Policy Gap: How Policymakers Misread the Public (College Park: PIPA, 1997). Kull summarizes his view on the topic in "What the Public Knows That Washington Doesn't" (FOREIGN POLICY, Winter 1996).
8. Much of the recent debate among academics has focused on the perceived disjoint between leaders and the American public on the issue of how prominent a role the United States should play overseas. Steven Kull, I.M. Destler, and Clay Ramsay contend that policymakers have mistakenly identified an isolationist impulse in the American people in their report, The Foreign Policy Gap: How Policymakers Misread the Public (College Park: PIPA, 1997). Kull summarizes his view on the topic in "What the Public Knows That Washington Doesn't" (FOREIGN POLICY, Winter 1996).
9. Across the Atlantic, an invaluable asset to understanding how Europeans view regional and global developments is the Eurobarometer series organized by the European Commission. The latest installments of the Standard Eurobarometer and the Central and Eastern Eurobarometer are available on the EU's official Web site, Europa. For public-opinion research in 25 countries ranging from China to Chile, an excellent source is the Gallup Organization's Web site.
10. The power of the American public over the conduct of foreign policy has been hotly contested over the years. A classic work on the subject is Gabriel Almond's The American People and Foreign Policy (New York: Praeger, 1954). A more recent assessment is Bruce Russett's Controlling the Sword: The Democratic Governance of National Security (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1990). Thomas Graham outlines the conditions under which public opinion shapes policy formulation in "Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Policy Decision Making" in David Deese, ed., The New Politics of American Foreign Policy (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994). Eric Alterman's Who Speaks for America: Why Democracy Matters in Foreign Policy? (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998) argues provocatively that the American public has, at best, a muted voice in the making of U.S. foreign policy.
11. The power of the American public over the conduct of foreign policy has been hotly contested over the years. A classic work on the subject is Gabriel Almond's The American People and Foreign Policy (New York: Praeger, 1954). A more recent assessment is Bruce Russett's Controlling the Sword: The Democratic Governance of National Security (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1990). Thomas Graham outlines the conditions under which public opinion shapes policy formulation in "Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Policy Decision Making" in David Deese, ed., The New Politics of American Foreign Policy (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994). Eric Alterman's Who Speaks for America: Why Democracy Matters in Foreign Policy? (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998) argues provocatively that the American public has, at best, a muted voice in the making of U.S. foreign policy.
12. The power of the American public over the conduct of foreign policy has been hotly contested over the years. A classic work on the subject is Gabriel Almond's The American People and Foreign Policy (New York: Praeger, 1954). A more recent assessment is Bruce Russett's Controlling the Sword: The Democratic Governance of National Security (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1990). Thomas Graham outlines the conditions under which public opinion shapes policy formulation in "Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Policy Decision Making" in David Deese, ed., The New Politics of American Foreign Policy (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994). Eric Alterman's Who Speaks for America: Why Democracy Matters in Foreign Policy? (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998) argues provocatively that the American public has, at best, a muted voice in the making of U.S. foreign policy.
13. The power of the American public over the conduct of foreign policy has been hotly contested over the years. A classic work on the subject is Gabriel Almond's The American People and Foreign Policy (New York: Praeger, 1954). A more recent assessment is Bruce Russett's Controlling the Sword: The Democratic Governance of National Security (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1990). Thomas Graham outlines the conditions under which public opinion shapes policy formulation in "Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Policy Decision Making" in David Deese, ed., The New Politics of American Foreign Policy (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994). Eric Alterman's Who Speaks for America: Why Democracy Matters in Foreign Policy? (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998) argues provocatively that the American public has, at best, a muted voice in the making of U.S. foreign policy.
14. The power of the American public over the conduct of foreign policy has been hotly contested over the years. A classic work on the subject is Gabriel Almond's The American People and Foreign Policy (New York: Praeger, 1954). A more recent assessment is Bruce Russett's Controlling the Sword: The Democratic Governance of National Security (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1990). Thomas Graham outlines the conditions under which public opinion shapes policy formulation in "Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Policy Decision Making" in David Deese, ed., The New Politics of American Foreign Policy (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994). Eric Alterman's Who Speaks for America: Why Democracy Matters in Foreign Policy? (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998) argues provocatively that the American public has, at best, a muted voice in the making of U.S. foreign policy.
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