Foreign Policy Leadership Project, 1976-1996 / Ole R. Holsti, James N. Rosenau.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Holsti, Ole R.

Rosenau, James N.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 2614.

ICPSR ; 2614

Language:

English

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

ICPSR version.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1999.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

The Foreign Policy Leadership Project (FPLP) has conducted extensive quadrennial mail surveys of elite civilian and military opinion since 1976. The cohort varies from year to year, and is drawn from organizations such as Who's Who, labor leadership, the Department of Defense, foreign service officers, the National War College, the press corps, politicians, and clergy leaders. Survey topics focus on United States foreign policy and foreign affairs. Specific issues vary from year to year, although a series of topics are repeated throughout the years. These topics include the importance of foreign policy goals such as containing communism, improving the global standard of living, defending United States allies, protecting United States interests abroad, strengthening the United Nations, combating world hunger, protecting the environment, controlling world population, and ending the illegal drug trade. Respondents are also asked to rate United States effectiveness in those areas. Additional recurring topics include the causes of war, approaches to world peace, threats to national security, and contemporary domestic issues. The theme of Part 1, 1976 Data, was the effect that the Vietnam War has had on United States foreign policy. Those queried were asked to assess America's role in world policy, such as providing economic aid to poorer nations and preventing the destruction of Israel. Given a list of foreign policy questions, respondents were asked to indicate their position and how it was shaped by the Vietnam experience. Questions covered the ''domino theory'', the Angolan civil war, and the use of United States military power. Those queried were asked to assess possible consequences of the Vietnam War, including policies toward the Third World, and damage to the United States economy. Respondents were also asked to rate the significance of factors that may have preven... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02614

Contents:

Part 1: 1976 Data; Part 2: 1980 Data; Part 3: 1984 Data; Part 4: 1988 Data; Part 5: 1992 Data; Part 6: 1996 Data

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2004-10-30.

OCLC:

61147569

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