The European Public's Decision on the War in Iraq: Differences among the EU Member States*

Hae-Won Jun

International Area Studies Review, 2009, vol. 12, issue 1, 45-63

Abstract: Military intervention in foreign countries tends to put people in the situation where they mainly rely on their values and world views to form their opinions. Because the consequences of the military action are unknown, the public finds it difficult to form opinions based on clear sense of costs and benefits. Why does public opinion on military intervention in certain country vary across national borders? This paper attempts to answer this question in the case of the formation of European public views on the war in Iraq in 2003. It finds that the public conceptualize the given policy issue differently leading to national differences on foreign affairs.

Keywords: public opinion; European Union; Iraq; military intervention; foreign policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1177/223386590901200104

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