Elite Cues and Public Attitudes Towards Military Alliances
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6285715 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joshua Alley (0000-0002-3180-4787, Postdoctoral Research Associate University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 7-8 |
| Pages | 1537-1563 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00220027221143963 |
| OpenAlex | W4312190450 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 57 |
Do elite cues exert extensive, conditional or minimal influence on public support for military alliances in the United States? I assess the boundaries of elite leadership on public opinion towards alliances by dividing partisan respondents into wings based on isolationism and militant assertiveness. If co-partisan elite cues change public attitudes across three or four wings within their party, elites exert extensive influence. Elite cues exert conditional influence if they reach two party wings, and minimal influence if they impact one or no wings. Using two conjoint survey experiments to examine public attitudes towards forming and maintaining international alliances, I find that elite cues exert extensive influence, but some individuals hold rigid alliance attitudes. Staunch alliance supporters in the Democratic party and consistent alliance skeptics in the Republican party both discount elite cues. Therefore, elites can lead most party wings with alliance cues, but intra-party divisions can constrain their influence
Alliance · Democracy · Elite · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
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| Citation velocity | current |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |