Consensus and Diversity in Elite Opinion
The Views of the British Foreign Policy Elite in the Early 1990s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6345013 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Sanders (0000-0003-1266-9361, University of Essex), Geoffrey Edwards (University of Cambridge) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 413-440 |
| Publication date | 1994-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3217 • E-ISSN: 1467-9248 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9248.1994.tb01686.x |
| OpenAlex | W1976875776 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
The paper reports the results of a systematic and comprehensive survey of the attitudes of the British foreign policy élite that was conducted under the auspices of the Royal Institute of International Affairs in 1990. British élite attitudes towards four major international actors – the United States, the EC, the Soviet Union and Japan – are examined in terms of trade relations, financial relations, political relations and security relations. It is argued that the complex pattern of consensus and dissensus evident in the attitudes displayed by the élite – a pattern that can be broadly characterized as agreement on ‘core’ values and disagreement on ‘peripheral’ values – is probably conducive to ‘good’ policymaking. A companion study analyses the extent to which the élite's attitudes appear to be changing over time and considers the distinctive attitude sets that are evident among different segments of the élite
Core (optical fiber · Diversity (politics · Elite · Foreign policy · Foreign relations · International relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Public Administration
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1995 - 1995 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |