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National Security, Public Opinion and Regime Asymmetry

National Security, Public Opinion and Regime Asymmetry

Cheng T J

Hardcover

General Political ScienceInternational Relations

ISBN10: 9813206942
ISBN13: 9789813206946
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Published: Aug 1 2017
Pages: 228
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.80 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

New conventional wisdom posits that the public in democracies is inattentive but not really ignorant nor easily swayed, and indeed quite consistent and thoughtful when it comes to national security and foreign policy issues.

This volume builds on such a claim to study the attributes and impacts of public opinion on foreign and national security policy in six democracies: Taiwan, South Korea, Israel, Ukraine, Finland and West Germany. These countries face acute and sustained national security challenges posed by stronger authoritarian regimes close by, namely China, North Korea, the Arab nations, Russia and the Soviet Union. Given potential existential threats to their democracies, the public is typically tuned in, and in sorting out their policy stands, is mindful that the fundamental values of identity, sovereignty and prosperity may be jeopardized. Public opinion can indeed constrain statecraft here in these democracies ensnared in asymmetric dyads.

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