Issue Salience and Foreign Policy Role Specialization in the Soviet Politburo of the 1970s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6231306 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philip D Stewart, James W Warhola, Roger A Blough |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1 |
| Publication date | 1984-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0092-5853 • E-ISSN: 1540-5907 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2110785 |
| OpenAlex | W2315163188 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 7 |
The objective of this study is to shed light on the roles played by individual members of the Soviet Politburo in the 1970s regarding the policy process and substance of foreign policy. The method employed was systematic, thematic content analysis of public speeches and writings of Politburo members. The major findings of the study are that three distinct patterns of foreign policy issue salience exist, and that responsibility for the pursuit of each pattern is generally assumed by different segments of the leadership. The three patterns of issue salience are (1) support for detente (Brezhnev, Gromyko, Ponomarev), (2) support for national liberation movements and the (worldwide) class struggle (Suslov, Ponomarev), and (3) support for military and security issues (Andropov, Grechko, Ustinov). Although the findings indicate some degree of overlapping patterns of issue support, the evidence also points to role differentiation such that leading spokesmen for each group appear to express contrasting images regarding the appropriate priorities, objectives, and content of Soviet foreign policy. The analysis also lends credence to the image of a leadership divided on basic issues, yet settling these conflicts through simultaneous pursuit of potentially conflicting policy lines by different groupings of elites
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 2009 (24) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |