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Rivlin, Ann. "The Opinion-Policy Link: A Study of Reagan's Foreign Policy Process" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL, Aug 30, 2007 <Not Available>. 2009-05-27 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p209168_index.html>

Rivlin, A. F. , 2007-08-30 "The Opinion-Policy Link: A Study of Reagan's Foreign Policy Process" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2009-05-27 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p209168_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: The goal of this paper is to expand our current understanding of the link between U.S. public opinion and foreign policy. While there is some understanding of the opinion-policy link, for example, public opinion may constrain a policymaker’s options for action in the international realm, there is little comprehension of how public opinion is included in the foreign policy process. In an effort to deepen our understanding of the role of public opinion in the foreign policy process, I analyze two cases studies from the Reagan administration. My case studies serve as an investigation of how decision-makers incorporated, or excluded, public opinion from the foreign policy process. My case studies are the invasion of Grenada and the response to the KAL 007 incident. In conducting my case studies, I am particularly interested in the role of partisan approval, or the support for the president among members of his own party, and foreign policy salience, or the attention paid to the international realm by the American people. Both the conditions of partisan approval and foreign policy salience have been found to be relevant for studies of the opinion-policy link, but with conflicting evidence about whether they encourage a president to act or discourage U.S. foreign policy actions. The cases are based on archival research at the Reagan Presidential Library. I develop an account that demonstrates how concern over public opinion contributed to, or was absent from, these foreign policy actions by demonstrating steps in the decision-making process and how the chains of evidence varied or remained the same in my cases.

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