Abstract
In this chapter we investigate public attitudes towards greater public participation in foreign policy, drawing on the results of an extensive opinion poll of the New Zealand public and elite that we commissioned in 2008. Although detailed opinion polls of public attitudes towards foreign policies of particular countries are regularly conducted in most Western democracies (see, for example, Chapter 3 in this volume on the United States), there have been few attempts to discern public views on the issue of its own involvement in foreign policy. This chapter aims to fill this gap and to add the public’s voice to the academic voices of the first chapter, using New Zealand as an example.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Eichenberg, R. C. (2007) ‘Citizen Opinion on Foreign Policy and World Politics’, in R. J. Dalton and H.-D. Klingemann (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior (Oxford: Oxford University Press), pp. 383–400.
Gentles, D. (2005) ‘New Zealand Defence Policy: Has It Been Transformed?’, New Zealand International Review, 30 (4), pp. 7–11.
Headley, J. and A. Reitzig (2012) ‘Does Foreign Policy Represent the Views of the Public? Assessing Public and Elite Opinion on New Zealand’s Foreign Policy’, Australian Journal of International Affairs, 66 (1).
Hey, J. A. K. (2003) ‘Introducing Small State Foreign Policy’, in J. A. K. Hey (ed.) Small States in World Politics: Explaining Foreign Policy Behavior (Boulder/London: Lynne Rienner), pp. 1–11.
Levine, S., P. Spoonley and P. Aimer (1995) Waging Peace Towards 2000 (Auckland: Foundation for Peace Studies Aotearoa/New Zealand).
Neumann, I. B. and S. Gstöhl (2006) ‘Introduction: Lilliputians in Gulliver’s World’, in C. Ingebritsen, I. Neumann, S. Gstöhl, and J. Beyer (eds) Small States in International Relations (Seattle: University of Washington Press), pp. 3–38.
New Zealand Ministry of Defence (2010) Defence White Paper 2010, 2 November, http://www.defence.govt.nz/defence-review.html.
New Zealand Parliament (2009) ‘Urgent Debates-SAS-Deployment to Afghanistan’, Hansard (Debates), 18 August, http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/PB/Debates/Debates/4/f/4/49HansD_20090818_00000720-Urgent-Debates-SAS-Deployment-to-Afghanistan.htm.
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Copyright information
© 2012 James Headley and Andreas Reitzig
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Headley, J., Reitzig, A. (2012). Does the Public Want to Participate?. In: Headley, J., Reitzig, A., Burton, J. (eds) Public Participation in Foreign Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230367180_2
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230367180_2
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-1-349-32836-9
Online ISBN: 978-0-230-36718-0
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies CollectionPolitical Science and International Studies (R0)