The Means and Ends of Foreign Policy as Determinants of Presidential Support
The Means and Ends of Foreign Policy as Determinants of Presidential Support
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外交政策的手段和目的是总统支持的决定因素
DOI：
10.2307/2111075
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发表时间：
1987
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
M. Peffley
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作者：
J. Hurwitz;M. Peffley
先前的研究没有发现外交政策态度是政治评价（如投票或总统评价）的重要决定因素。然而，这些发现可能低估了外交政策的重要性，因为它们是基于总体数据，而且它们在一个过于具体的层面上衡量这种态度。我们认为，公民以两种方式对总统的外交政策进行评估：首先，将国际结果作为回顾性判断；第二，通过评估政府的总体外交政策姿态。根据双城成年人的样本，我们发现外交政策对里根总统的评价有实质性的影响。
Previous research has not found foreign policy attitudes to be an important determinant of political evaluations (such as voting or presidential evaluation). Such findings, though, may have underestimated the importance of foreign policy because they are based on aggregate data and because they measure such attitudes at a level which is much too specific. We argue that citizens base presidential evaluations on foreign policy in two ways: first, by focusing on international outcomes as retrospective judges; and second, by evaluating the general foreign policy postures of the administration. Based on a sample of Twin Cities adults, it is found that foreign policy has a substantial impact on evaluations of President Reagan.