Public Opinion and Foreign Policy of the State. Analysis from the Perspective of Polish Foreign Policy

• Authors: Renata Podgórzańska

Abstracts

EN

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.

Keywords

EN

international relations; foreign affairs; public opinion

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Reality of Politics
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 60-73

Dates

published

2015

Contributors

author

Renata Podgórzańska

• University of Szczecin

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/rop201505

Biblioteka Nauki

2031548