Politics of American Foreign Policy : How Ideology Divides Liberals and Conservatives over Foreign Affairs

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gries, Peter Hays, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--Public opinion.

Liberals--Attitudes--United States.

Liberals.

Conservatives--Attitudes--United States.

Conservatives.

Ideology--United States.

Ideology.

Public opinion--United States.

Public opinion.

Local Subjects:

United States--Foreign relations--Public opinion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 p.)

Place of Publication:

Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 15. Sep 2020)

ISBN:

9780804790925

0804790922

OCLC:

1198930093