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1 online resource (323 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Aims and scope; Methodological approach and source material; Data sources; Outline of chapters; 2 Foreign and defence policy as an issue area in British politics; The importance of domestic and external issues; Party reputations on external issues; The role of external issues in general election campaigns; External issues and voting in general elections; Conclusion; 3 The US and NATO; Britain's 'three circles': Europe, the US and the Commonwealth |
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The special relationship between Britain and the USThe US and its international role; A profile of contemporary public opinion; NATO; A profile of contemporary public opinion; Conclusion; 4 European integration; Public opinion before and during membership; Comparing public opinion in Britain and the EU; 'Deepening' and 'widening'; The party-political basis of Euroscepticism; The socio-demographic basis of Euroscepticism; Voting in the 1975 and 2016 referendums; The 1975 EEC referendum; The 2016 EU referendum; Conclusion; 5 Overseas aid; The party-political and policy context of overseas aid |
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Public opinion on overseas aid over timeDemographic groups; Party support, ideology and newspaper readership; The overseas aid debate and findings from recent opinion polling; A profile of contemporary public opinion; Conclusion; 6 Defence spending and nuclear weapons; Defence spending; Defence spending and domestic spending; Party supporters; Demographic groups; A profile of contemporary public opinion; Nuclear weapons; Britain's development and possession of nuclear weapons; Party supporters; Demographic groups; The renewal of Trident; Demographic groups; Party supporters |
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A profile of contemporary public opinionConclusion; 7 Military intervention; Britain and overseas military intervention; The (second) Iraq War; The war in Afghanistan; Military intervention in Libya; The conflict against ISIS in Iraq and Syria; Conclusion; 8 Conclusion; Foreign and defence policy as an issue area; Britain's international relationships and alliances; 'Soft power' projection; 'Hard power' projection; Limitations of the study and areas for future research; Appendix 1: Voting in the 1975 EEC and 2016 EU referendums; Bibliography; List of opinion polls cited |
| Summary |
This book provides a long-term perspective on the opinions of the British public on foreign and defence policy in the post-war era. Thematically wide-ranging, it looks at the broader role of foreign and defence policy in British politics and elections, public opinion towards Britain's key international relationships and alliances (the United States, NATO, the EU and the Commonwealth), and public opinion towards the projection of 'soft power' (overseas aid) and 'hard power' (defence spending, nuclear weapons and military intervention) Assessing the main areas of change and continuity in the public's views, it also pays close attention to the dividing lines in wider society over foreign and defence policy. Analysing an extensive range of surveys and opinion polls, the book situates the analysis in the wider context of Britain's changing foreign policy role and priorities in the post-war era, as well as linking public opinion with the politics of British external policy - the post-war consensus on Britain's overseas role, historical and contemporary areas of inter-party debate, and enduring intra-party divides. This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of British politics, European politics, foreign policy analysis, public opinion, defence and security studies and more broadly to comparative politics and international relations |
| Notes |
List of survey data sets used for secondary analysisIndex |
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Print version record |
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Diplomatic relations
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Military policy
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1945-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056717
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Great Britain -- Military policy
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Public opinion
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351814263 |
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1351814265 |
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9781351814256 |
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1351814257 |
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9781351814249 |
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1351814249 |
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9781315211961 |
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1315211963 |
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