Decisionmaking in a Glass House

Brigitte L. Nacos is adjunct professor of political science at Columbia University. Robert Y. Shapiro is professor of political science at Columbia University. Pierangelo Isernia is professor of Italian political systems at the University of Siena.

• Chapter 1 Old or New Ball Game? Mass Media, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy in the Post–Cold War WorldPart 2 Part I: The Media and Foreign PolicyChapter 3 Declarations of Independence: The Growth of Media Power after the Cold WarChapter 4 Media and Public Sphere without Borders? News Coverage and Power from Kurdistan to KosovoChapter 5 New Issues and the Media: American and German News Coverage of the Global Warming DebateChapter 6 Government's Little Helper: U.S. Press Coverage of Foreign Policy Crises,1946-1999Chapter 7 Toward General Theories of the Media, Public Opinion, and Foreign PolicyPart 8 Part II: Public and Elite Attitudes after the Cold WarChapter 9 Elite Misperceptions of U.S. Public Opinion and Foreign PolicyChapter 10 To Intervene or Not to Intervene in Bosnia: That Was the Question for the United States and EuropeChapter 11 Internationalism at Bay? A Contextual Analysis of Americans' Post–Cold War Foreign Policy AttitudesChapter 12 NATO and European Security after the Cold War: Will European Citizens Support a Common Security Policy?Chapter 13 Public Opinion after the Cold War: A Paradigm ShiftChapter 14 Public Opinion and Decisionmaking in Russia: The Impact of NATO Expansion and Airstrikes on SerbiaChapter 15 Public Attitudes after the Cold WarPart 16 Part III: The Public Opinion–Foreign Policy LinkageChapter 17 Who Leads and Who Follows? U.S. Presidents, Public Opinion, and Foreign PolicyChapter 18 Public Opinion and European Integration: Permissive Consensus or Premature Politicization?Chapter 19 Constraint, Catalyst or Political Tool? The French Public and Foreign PolicyChapter 20 Where Angels Fear to Tread: Italian Public Opinion and Foreign PolicyChapter 21 Toward a Comparative Analysis of the Public Opinion–Foreign Policy Connection

This is an excellent volume on the interactions among public attitudes, media behavior, and foreign policy. It is full of interesting insights and provocations from some of the best scholars and critics in the field, and it helps to illuminate the complex dynamics of post–Cold War media and opinion politics.