American Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Policy, 1990 / Chicago Council on Foreign Relations.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 9564.

ICPSR ; 9564

American Public Opinion and United States Foreign Policy Series ; 9564

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public opinion--United States.

Public opinion.

Economic conditions.

Politics and government.

International relations.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1989-1993--Public opinion.

United States--Politics and government--1989-1993--Public opinion.

United States--Economic conditions--1981-2001--Public opinion.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

2007-08-02.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1991.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

This data collection is the 1990 version of a quadrennial study designed to investigate the opinions and attitudes of the general public and of a select group of opinion leaders (or elites) on matters relating to foreign policy. The primary objectives of this study were to define the parameters of public opinion within which decision makers must operate and to compare the attitudes of the general public with those of opinion leaders. For the purposes of this study, "opinion leaders" are defined as those who are in positions of leadership in government, academia, business and labor, the media, religious institutions, special interest groups, and private foreign policy organizations. Both general public and elite respondents were questioned regarding the biggest problems/foreign policy problems facing the United States today, spending levels for various federal government programs, the role of Congress in determining foreign policy, the impact of foreign policy on things such as prices and unemployment, economic aid to other nations, military aid/selling military equipment to other nations, the role of the United States in world affairs, the Bush administration's handling of various problems, government reactions to situations in Kuwait, Panama, and China, the importance of various countries to America's vital interests, possible threats/adversaries to the United States in coming years, and the use of United States military troops in other parts of the world. Other topics covered include the relative importance of several foreign policy goals, United States relations with the Soviet Union, Cuba, and Vietnam, NATO and keeping troops in western Europe, the military role of Japan and Germany, the economic unification of western Europe, the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, policy options to reduce dependence on foreign oil, the illegal drug problem,... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09564

Contents:

Part 1: Elite Data; Part 2: General Population Data

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2008-01-04.

OCLC:

61162983

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.