James Strong

Public Opinion, Legitimacy and Tony Blair's War in Iraq

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Produktbeschreibung

This book aims to reinterpret, from a Foreign Policy Analysis perspective, the relationship between British public opinion and the Blair governmentâ s decision-making in the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Studies in Foreign Policy Analysis
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 356g
• ISBN-13: 9781032097121
• ISBN-10: 1032097124
• Artikelnr.: 62151987

Autorenporträt

James Strong is a Fellow in Foreign Policy Analysis and International Relations in the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Dramatis Personae
1 Introduction: Understanding a controversial war
Structure
Part One: Public opinion
2 British public influence over foreign policy
Searching for the Loch Ness Monster
A constructivist approach
3 The Iraq debate: An overview
Rallying round the flag
Pockets of support
Salience and communication
Part Two: Legitimacy
4 Understanding legitimacy
Legitimacy as a discursive construct
Studying the Blair government's discursive legitimization efforts
Categorizing the debate
5 Threat and WMD
Judgement
Nuance
Evidence
6 Legality and the UN
Defining the UN's role
Procedural ambiguities
Clashing timetables
7 Morality and regime change Understanding Tony Blair
Legality and morality
Regime change
8 Politics and authority
The 'special relationship'
Blaming France
Domestic politics
Part Three: Tony Blair's war in Iraq
9 Aftermath
Reality asserts itself
David Kelly
The 2005 General Election
10 Implications
Selling the Iraq war
A holistic approach
A two-level debate