Description In this provocative book, Peter Gries directly challenges the widely held view that partisan elites on Capitol Hill are out of touch with a moderate American public.
He is the author of China\'s New Nationalism: Pride, Politics, and Diplomacy, and coeditor of Chinese Politics and State and Society in 21st-Century China.. & Ruth Newman Chair & Director, Institute for US-China Issues and Professor in the Department of International and Area Studies at the University of Oklahoma.
About the Author Peter Hays Gries is the Harold J.
Within this context, the book explores in detail why American Liberals and Conservatives disagree Over US policy relating to Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, East Asia, and international organizations such as the UN.
The Politics of American Foreign Policy weaves seamlessly together in-depth examinations of the psychological roots and Foreign policy consequences of the liberal-conservative divide, the cultural, socio-racial, economic, and political dimensions of American ideology, and the moral values and Foreign policy orientations that divide Democrats and Republicans. electoral system, therefore, are empowering the ideological extremes, contributing to elite partisanship Over American Foreign policy.
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The perverse incentives of the U.
And because most Congressional districts have become hyper-partisan, many politicians today cater not to the "median voter" in their districts, but to the primary voters who elect them.
Dissecting a new national survey, Gries shows how Ideology powerfully Divides Main Street Over both domestic and Foreign policy and reveals how and why, with the exception of attitudes toward Israel, Liberals consistently feel warmer toward Foreign countries and international organizations, and desire friendlier policies toward them, than Conservatives do.
Description In this provocative book, Peter Gries directly challenges the widely held view that partisan elites on Capitol Hill are out of touch with a moderate American public
