| ID | 091480 |
| Title Proper | Public opinion and Indian foreign policy |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Kapur, Devesh |
| Publication | 2009. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Among the many factors that drive a country's foreign policy, the least understood is the role of public opinion. In any democracy, there is a presumption of some link, however weak and indirect, between public policy and public opinion, in so far as the latter represents voter preferences. But public opinion's links to foreign policy are more tenuous. In the Indian case there have been very few attempts to gauge public opinion on foreign policy issues, let alone to examine its effects on the country's foreign policy. This paper measures public opinion on Indian foreign policy through a survey of more than two hundred thousand households (the largest ever in India) and lays out some hypotheses on whether (and how) public opinion might effect Indian foreign policy in the future. |
| `In' analytical Note | India Review Vol. 8, No. 3; Jul-Sep 2009: p.286 - 305 |
| Journal Source | India Review Vol. 8, No. 3; Jul-Sep 2009: p.286 - 305 |
| Key Words | Public Opinion ; Indian Foreign Policy ; India ; Foreign Policy ; United States ; International Issues |