The issue of generating the leader's home policy losses by the representatives of different social groups: in search for theoretical foundations
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https://doi.org/10.18255/2412-6519-2016-1-32-40Keywords:
political decision-making, acceptable decision, public opinion, foreign policy, democracy, authoritarianism, home policy losses, audience costsAbstract
One of the aspects of the functioning of public opinion in the sphere of foreign policy deals with the participation of different social groups in generation of home policy losses, which the political leader may encounter as a result of the absence of support for his foreign policy course. In the article the problem is considered from the point of view of political approach to decision-making by B. Farnham, the poliheuristic theory by A. Mintz, the concept of audience cost by J. Fearon, and empirical research of interaction of public opinion and the power in the domain of political decision-making. It is argued that the nature of the political decisions, presupposing the continuous interaction of professional politicians and the public, creates conditions for the generation of losses by the representatives of the different social groups. The most ample opportunities for this situation are connected with the functioning of democratic institutions, and decision-making about «important» issues, about which social groups formulate its opinions and demonstrate the readiness to transform its public opinion to the political demands.References
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