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Economic Interests and Public Support for American Foreign Policy
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Economic Interests and Public Support for American Foreign Policy
Abstract
This paper evaluates the extent to which differing regional and individual stakes in the world economy influence public opinion about the world role of the United States, and American military spending. Theoretically, Americans who are better positioned to take advantage of opportunities for international trade and investment underwritten by the active world role of the United States should be more willing to pay the costs of maintaining that world role, including supporting military spending, which is the most expensive component of American global activism. Data from the American National Election Studies finds partial support for this argument, but also uncovers a surprising anomaly concerning support for military spending since 1980. The paper offers a preliminary test of one possible explanation for this anomaly using two additional sources of data on attitudes toward military spending from the 1950s and 1960s.
Paper prepared for presentation at the 100
th
annual meeting of the American Political
Science Association, in Chicago, Illinois, September 2-4, 2004
Benjamin O. Fordham
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
Binghamton University (SUNY)
P. O. Box 6000
Binghamton, NY 13902-6000
## email not listed ##
I would like to thank Michael A. Bailey for his assistance with some of the data used here. Any errors and omissions contained in this paper are solely the responsibility of the author.
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Economic Interests and Public Support for American Foreign Policy
Abstract
This paper evaluates the extent to which differing regional and individual stakes in the
world economy influence public opinion about the world role of the United States, and
American military spending. Theoretically, Americans who are better positioned to take
advantage of opportunities for international trade and investment underwritten by the
active world role of the United States should be more willing to pay the costs of
maintaining that world role, including supporting military spending, which is the most
expensive component of American global activism. Data from the American National
Election Studies finds partial support for this argument, but also uncovers a surprising
anomaly concerning support for military spending since 1980. The paper offers a
preliminary test of one possible explanation for this anomaly using two additional sources
of data on attitudes toward military spending from the 1950s and 1960s.
Paper prepared for presentation at the 100
th
annual meeting of the American Political
Science Association, in Chicago, Illinois, September 2-4, 2004
Benjamin O. Fordham
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
Binghamton University (SUNY)
P. O. Box 6000
Binghamton, NY 13902-6000
## email not listed ##
I would like to thank Michael A. Bailey for his assistance with some of the data used
here. Any errors and omissions contained in this paper are solely the responsibility of the
author.
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