Public Opinion, Transatlantic Relations and the Use of Force

1. Front Matter

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2. The Transatlantic Order, Public Opinion and the Use of Military Force

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Introduction

      • Philip Everts, Pierangelo Isernia

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   3. Theoretical Issues and Empirical Problems

      • Philip Everts, Pierangelo Isernia

      Pages 25-59

3. Beliefs, Situations and Time in War

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Partners Apart? The Foreign Policy Attitudes of the American and European Publics

      • Philip Everts, Pierangelo Isernia

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   3. The Nature and Structure of the Transatlantic Divide

      • Philip Everts, Pierangelo Isernia

      Pages 109-138

   4. Time and War: Public Opinion on Kosovo, Terrorism, Afghanistan and Iraq in a Transatlantic Perspective

      • Philip Everts, Pierangelo Isernia

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   5. Support for the Use of Force: Situational and Contextual Factors

      • Philip Everts, Pierangelo Isernia

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4. The Future of the Transatlantic Relationship

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Conclusions: An Agenda for Future Crises

      • Philip Everts, Pierangelo Isernia

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5. Back Matter

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This book explores the intersection of the study of transatlantic relationships and the study of public support for the use of force in foreign policy. It contributes to two important debates: one about the nature of transatlantic partnership, and another about the determinants of support for the use of military force in a comparative perspective.

• Europe
• evolution
• foreign policy
• nature
• Policy
• public opinion

• Leiden University, The Netherlands

  Philip Everts

• University of Siena, Italy

  Pierangelo Isernia

Philip Everts has worked at the Universities of Groningen and Leiden, The Netherlands. His research focuses on the role of public opinion in international affairs in democratic societies, particularly with respect to the use of military force. His books and articles on this theme include Public Opinion, The Churches and Foreign Policy, Public Opinion and International Forces (edited with Pierangelo Isernia), and Democracy and Military Force.

Pierangelo Isernia is Professor of Political Science, Chair of the Department of Social, Political and Cognitive Sciences and Director of the LAPS Survey Research Center at the University of Siena, Italy. His field of expertise lies in public opinion and foreign policy, European integration and deliberative democracy.His work has been published in European Journal of Political Research, European Union Politics, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Political Psychology, and Public Opinion Quarterly.

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