Public opinion and nuclear weapons / edited by Catherine Marsh and Colin Fraser.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marsh, Catherine.

Fraser, Colin, 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear weapons--Public opinion.

Nuclear weapons.

Public opinion--Great Britain.

Public opinion.

National security.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--National security--Public opinion.

Physical Description:

xii, 220 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan, 1989.

Contents:

pt. 1. Assessing public opinion on nuclear weapons. Nuclear issues and the nature of public opinion / Catherine Marsh and Colin Fraser. British public opinion and nuclear weapons / Hugh Berrington. European attitudes on nuclear defence / Eymert den Oudsten. The strategic defence initiative and British public opinion / Christopher T. Husbands

pt. 2. Forming public opinion. The campaign for nuclear disarmament: from moral crusade to mobilisation of anxiety? / Christopher A. Rootes. Trade unions and nuclear disarmament / Catherine Marsh. Television news and the 1983 election / Brian McNair. The 1983 election and the nuclear debate / John Curtice

pt. 3. Ignoring public opinion? Nuclear weapons decision-making and accountability / Scilla Elworthy. Defence decision-making and public opinion: a view from the inside / Clive Ponting. How change became a possibility / Gwyn Prins.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0333445260

0333445279

OCLC:

18682555