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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821762703321

Autore

Gries Peter

Titolo

Politics of American Foreign Policy [[electronic resource] ] : How Ideology Divides Liberals and Conservatives over Foreign Affairs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Palo Alto, : Stanford University Press, 2014

ISBN

0-8047-9092-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Disciplina

327.73

Soggetti

United States -- Foreign relations -- Public opinion

Liberals - Attitudes - United States

Conservatives - Attitudes - United States

Ideology - United States

Public opinion - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Foreword: Partisanship and the U.S. National Interest -- Introduction: Ideology and American Foreign Policy -- 1. Liberals, Conservatives, and Foreign Affairs -- 2. Beyond Red and Blue: Four Dimensions of American Ideology -- 3. The Moral Foundations of Ideology and International Attitudes -- 4. The Foreign Policy Orientations of Liberals and Conservatives: Internationalism, Realism/Idealism, and Nationalism -- 5. Partisan Elites and Global Attitudes: Ideology in Social Context -- 6. Latin America: Liberal and Conservative Moralities of Immigration and Foreign Aid -- 7. Europe: Socialist France, Mother England, Brother Germany, and the E.U. Antichrist -- 8. The Middle East: Christian Zionism, the Israel Lobby, and the Holy Land -- 9. East Asia: Red China, Free Asia, and the Yellow Peril -- 10. International Organizations and Treaties: Blue Helmets, Black Helicopters, and Satanic Serpents -- Conclusion: Ideology—Why Politics Does Not End at the Water’s Edge -- Acknowledgments -- Statistical Glossary -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this provocative book, Peter Gries directly challenges the widely held view that partisan elites on Capitol Hill are out of touch with a



moderate American public. Dissecting a new national survey, Gries shows how ideology powerfully divides Main Street over both domestic and foreign policy and reveals how and why, with the exception of attitudes toward Israel, liberals consistently feel warmer toward foreign countries and international organizations, and desire friendlier policies toward them, than conservatives do. And because most Congressional districts have become hyper-partisan, many p