Decisionmaking in a Glass House

Mass Media, Public Opinion, and American and European Foreign Policy in the 21st Century

Contributions by Bruce Chadwick, Dennis Chiu, Richard C. Eichenberg, Robert M. Entman, Philip Everts, Ronald H. Hinckley, Ole R. Holsti Duke University, Natasha Hritzuk, Lawrence R. Jacobs, Steven Kull, Natalie La Balme, Benjamin I. Page, Clay Ramsay, Robert Y. Shapiro Columbia University, Martin Shaw, Eric Shiraev George Mason University, Richard Sinnott, Richard Sobel, Eugene R. Wittkopf, John Zaller, Vlad Zubok Edited by Brigitte Nacos Columbia Univeristy, Robert Y. Shapiro Columbia University, Pierangelo Isernia

Publication date:

26 September 2000

Length of book:

384 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Dimensions:

228x148mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9780847698271

No longer preoccupied with the East-West divide, contemporary foreign policymakers now have to confront regional conflicts, peace-enforcing and humanitarian missions, and a host of other global problems and issues in areas such as trade, health, and the environment. During the Cold War a widely-shared consensus on national interest and security in the United States and western Europe affected news reporting, public opinion, and foreign policy. But with the end of this Cold War frame of reference, foreign policy making has changed. As we enter the new century, the question is how and to what extent will the new realities of the post-Cold War world_as well as advances in communication technology_influence news reporting, public attitudes, and, most of all, foreign policy decisions on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. In this volume, American and European scholars examine change and continuity in these important aspects of the foreign policy process at the beginning of the 21st century.

Chapter 1 Old or New Ball Game? Mass Media, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy in the Post–Cold War World
Part 2 Part I: The Media and Foreign Policy
Chapter 3 Declarations of Independence: The Growth of Media Power after the Cold War
Chapter 4 Media and Public Sphere without Borders? News Coverage and Power from Kurdistan to Kosovo
Chapter 5 New Issues and the Media: American and German News Coverage of the Global Warming Debate
Chapter 6 Government's Little Helper: U.S. Press Coverage of Foreign Policy Crises,1946-1999
Chapter 7 Toward General Theories of the Media, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy
Part 8 Part II: Public and Elite Attitudes after the Cold War
Chapter 9 Elite Misperceptions of U.S. Public Opinion and Foreign Policy
Chapter 10 To Intervene or Not to Intervene in Bosnia: That Was the Question for the United States and Europe
Chapter 11 Internationalism at Bay? A Contextual Analysis of Americans' Post–Cold War Foreign Policy Attitudes
Chapter 12 NATO and European Security after the Cold War: Will European Citizens Support a Common Security Policy?
Chapter 13 Public Opinion after the Cold War: A Paradigm Shift
Chapter 14 Public Opinion and Decisionmaking in Russia: The Impact of NATO Expansion and Airstrikes on Serbia
Chapter 15 Public Attitudes after the Cold War
Part 16 Part III: The Public Opinion–Foreign Policy Linkage
Chapter 17 Who Leads and Who Follows? U.S. Presidents, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy
Chapter 18 Public Opinion and European Integration: Permissive Consensus or Premature Politicization?
Chapter 19 Constraint, Catalyst or Political Tool? The French Public and Foreign Policy
Chapter 20 Where Angels Fear to Tread: Italian Public Opinion and Foreign Policy
Chapter 21 Toward a Comparative Analysis of the Public Opinion–Foreign Policy Connection

This is an excellent volume on the interactions among public attitudes, media behavior, and foreign policy. It is full of interesting insights and provocations from some of the best scholars and critics in the field, and it helps to illuminate the complex dynamics of post–Cold War media and opinion politics.