Decisionmaking in a glass house : mass media, public opinion, and American and European foreign policy in the 21st century / edited by Brigitte L. Nacos, Robert Y. Shapiro, and Pierangelo Isernia.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nacos, Brigitte Lebens.

Shapiro, Robert Y., 1953-

Isernia, Pierangelo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and public opinion.

World politics--1989-.

World politics.

Physical Description:

viii, 361 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2000]

Summary:

As we enter the new century, 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.

Contents:

1 Old or New Ball Game? Mass Media, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War World / Brigitte L. Nacos, Robert Y. Shapiro, Pierangelo Isernia 1

Part I The Media and Foreign Policy

2 Declarations of Independence: The Growth of Media Power after the Cold War / Robert M. Entman 11

3 Media and Public Sphere without Borders? News Coverage and Power from Kurdistan to Kosovo / Martin Shaw 27

4 New Issues and the Media: American and German News Coverage of the Global-Warming Debate / Brigitte L. Nacos, Robert Y. Shapiro, Natasha Hritzuk, Bruce Chadwick 41

5 Government's Little Helper: U.S. Press Coverage of Foreign Policy Crises, 1946-1999 / John Zaller, Dennis Chiu 61

6 Toward General Theories of the Media, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy / Benjamin I. Page 85

Part II Public and Elite Attitudes after the Cold War

7 Elite Misperceptions of U.S. Public Opinion and Foreign Policy / Steven Kull, Clay Ramsay 95

8 To Intervene or Not to Intervene in Bosnia: That Was the Question for the United States and Europe / Richard Sobel 111

9 Internationalism at Bay? A Contextual Analysis of Americans' Post-Cold War Foreign Policy Attitudes / Eugene R. Wittkopf, Ronald H. Hinckley 133

10 NATO and European Security after the Cold War: Will European Citizens Support a Common Security Policy? / Richard C. Eichenberg 155

11 Public Opinion after the Cold War: A Paradigm Shift / Philip Everts 177

12 Public Opinion and Decisionmaking in Russia: The Impact of NATO Expansion and Air Strikes on Serbia / Eric Shiraev, Vlad Zubok 195

13 Public Attitudes after the Cold War / Ole R. Holsti 211

Part III The Public Opinion-Foreign Policy Linkage

14 Who Leads and Who Follows? U.S. Presidents, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy / Robert Y. Shapiro, Lawrence R. Jacobs 223

15 Public Opinion and European Integration: Permissive Consensus or Premature Politicization? / Richard Sinnott 247

16 Constraint, Catalyst, or Political Tool? The French Public and Foreign Policy / Natalie La Balme 265

17 Where Angels Fear to Tread: Italian Public Opinion and Foreign Policy / Pierangelo Isernia 279

18 Toward a Comparative Analysis of the Public Opinion-Foreign Policy Connection / Eric Shiraev 297.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-349) and index.

ISBN:

0847698262

0847698270

OCLC:

43706735