Does public opinion matter in UkraineΠThe case of foreign policy
- 1 September 2003
- journal article
- Published by University of California Press in Communist and Post-Communist Studies
- Vol. 36 (3) , 273-290
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0967-067x(03)00039-4
Abstract
The article critically surveys the impact of domestic public opinion on foreign policy in Ukraine by integrating it within theories of public opinion. Studies of public opinion in Ukraine have not given due weight to the unique characteristics of the Ukrainian ‘public’, which differs greatly from the Western public. Ukrainian society is passive, atomized and its power is ‘submerged’ relative to that of the state. The article argues that public opinion is of minimal importance in the area of foreign policy.Keywords
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