Foreign Policy Beliefs in Contemporary Britain: Structure and Relevance
Foreign Policy Beliefs in Contemporary Britain: Structure and Relevance
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当代英国的外交政策信念：结构和相关性
DOI：
10.1111/j.1468-2478.2010.00643.x
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发表时间：
2011
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
H. Clarke
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作者：
Jason Reifler;T. Scotto;H. Clarke
本文考察了当代英国外交政策信念的结构和国内政治相关性。在2008年5月至9月进行的五项全国性调查中收集的数据的验证性因素分析（CFA）表明，英国公众的外交政策信念是由两个潜在的因素，我们标签自由国际主义和英国军国主义。这些因素与美国公众外交政策信仰研究中报告的因素非常相似。分析揭示了两个外交政策信念因素和投票意向之间的显着协变，以及与党派和对党的领导人的感情，在投票行为模型的关键预测变量。在存在若干控制措施的情况下，这些关系仍然很重要，包括衡量现任政府在国内和外交政策领域的业绩。证明外交政策信念对政党及其领导人的命运至关重要，有助于解释民主政治中的公众舆论如何影响国际关系的行为。
This paper examines the structure and domestic political relevance of foreign policy beliefs in contemporary Britain. Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) of data gathered in five national surveys conducted between May and September 2008 show that the British public’s foreign policy beliefs are organized by two latent factors, which we label Liberal Internationalism and British Militarism. These factors closely resemble those reported in studies of the foreign policy beliefs of the American public. Analyses reveal significant covariation between the two foreign policy belief factors and voting intentions, as well as with partisanship and feelings about party leaders—key predictor variables in voting behaviour models. These relationships remain significant in the presence of several controls, including measures of incumbent government performance in domestic and foreign policy domains. Demonstrating that foreign policy beliefs matter for the fates of political parties and their leaders helps to explain how public opinion in democratic politics affects the conduct of international relations.