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ID184770
Title Properstructure of foreign policy attitudes among middle power publics
Other Title Informationa transpacific replication
LanguageENG
AuthorReifler, Jason ;  Scotto, Thomas J ;  Gravelle, Timothy B
Summary / Abstract (Note)Empirical models illustrating how mass publics organise their views on foreign policy issues abound. Models that posit militant internationalism and cooperative internationalism as the two factors structuring mass foreign policy attitudes and that typically rely on American survey data have given way to models positing a larger number of underlying factors supported by cross-national survey data. Still, there are few studies assessing the cross-national validity of multi-factor models. Further, middle power states that must navigate between international leadership and followership remain understudied. This article draws on new survey data from Canada and Australia—two archetypal middle power states—to replicate a recent and influential model of foreign policy attitudes comprised of four factors: cooperative internationalism, militant internationalism, isolationism, and support for global justice. Using an exploratory structural equation modelling (ESEM) framework, it finds that the four-factor structure of foreign policy attitudes observed in the United States, United Kingdom, France and Germany obtains among the Canadian and Australian publics, yet there are country-specific nuances that suggest differences in the ways Canadians and Australians perceive foreign policy options.
`In' analytical NoteAustralian Journal of International Affairs Vol. 75, No.2; Apr 2021: p.217-236
Journal SourceAustralian Journal of International Affairs Vol: 75 No 2
Key WordsPublic Opinion ;  Australia ;  Canada ;  Foreign Policy


 
 
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