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Domestic politics and foreign policy change in small states: the fall of the Danish footnote policy / Doeser, Fredrik

Doeser, Fredrik	Journal Article
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2011.

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The article sets out to further an understanding of how domestic politics can impact on foreign policy change in small states. The case of interest is the change that occurred in the foreign policy of Denmark when its government managed to put an end to the 'footnote policy' in mid-1988. The main conclusion is that changes in two particular domestic political factors, in terms of political party opposition and public opposition, facilitated a change in foreign policy for the Danish government. Changes in party and public opposition created opportunities for the government to use foreign policy change as a strategy to increase its political power on the domestic scene. In this case of foreign policy change, domestic political factors and external forces were equally important.

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Denmark ; Domestic Politics ; Small States ; Footnote Policy ; Foreign Policy Change ; Political Party Opposition ;
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Nuclear power threats, public opposition and green electricity : effects of threat belief appraisal and fear arousal / Hartmann, Patrick; Apaolaza, Vanessa; D'Souza, Clare; Echebarria, Carmen

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2013.

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This study analyses the extent to which willingness to oppose nuclear power and intention to adopt green electricity are related to the cognitive and emotional appraisal of threats deriving from nuclear power. The analysis draws on a theoretical framework which introduces emotional fear arousal as a direct behavioural antecedent of coping behaviour into a model based on cognitive centred Protection Motivation Theory (PMT, 49 and 64) and the Extended Parallel Processing Model (EPPM, 86 and 88). Hypothesized relations are tested in a nationally representative online study conducted in April and May 2012, one year after the Fukushima accident. Results support the hypothesized influences of perceived threat, fear arousal and perceived coping efficacy. Support for the proposed effects of fear control is rather limited. Findings contribute to extending previous knowledge on the role of cognitive and emotional appraisal processes induced by awareness of threats from nuclear power as behavioural antecedents of both opposing nuclear power and adopting green electricity. Findings of the study have implications for nuclear power policy and activism, as well as for institutional and commercial promoters of voluntary residential green electricity adoption.

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Public Opposition ; Nuclear Power Threats ; Green Electricity Adoption

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