Abstract
It has long been assumed that foreign-policy attitudes of the mass public are random, disorganized, and unconstrained if they exist at all. Further, foreign-policy thinking has not been found to be structured along standard ideological (liberal-conservative) lines, partisan lines, or class lines. We attempt to move the discussion from a question of whether foreign-policy attitudes are structured to a question of how they are structured. We propose and estimate (using a LISREL model) a hierarchically organized foreign-policy belief structure in which specific policy preferences are derived from postures (broad, abstract beliefs regarding appropriate general governmental strategies). These postures, in turn, are assumed to be constrained by a set of core values about the international community.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1099-1120 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | American Political Science Review |
Volume | 81 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1987 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Sociology and Political Science
- Political Science and International Relations