PUBLIC OPINION AND FOREIGN POLICY OF THE STATE. ANALYSIS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF POLISH FOREIGN POLICY Cover Image

PUBLIC OPINION AND FOREIGN POLICY OF THE STATE. ANALYSIS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF POLISH FOREIGN POLICY
PUBLIC OPINION AND FOREIGN POLICY OF THE STATE. ANALYSIS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF POLISH FOREIGN POLICY

Author(s): Renata Podgórzańska
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Social Sciences, Political Theory, Political Sciences, Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: foreign affairs; public opinion; international relations;

Summary/Abstract: For the purposes of this article it has been assumed that public opinion is a rapidly changing state of consciousness of large social groups, made up of more or less stable ideas and beliefs, relating to debatable issues, which has a direct or indirect impact on the current or future interests of society by its properties. This article aims to analyze the impact of public opinion on Polish foreign policy after 1989. The article assumes that: the public opinion has an impact on decisions affecting foreign policy, although the extent of this impact is very different and often is purely indirect; impact of public opinion in Poland on foreign policy increases, but still shall be defined only as incidental impact; public opinion in Poland does not determine foreign policy.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 60-73
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English
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