U.S. Presidents, the Foreign Policy Agenda, and U.S. - East Asian Relations

• 영문명: U.S. Presidents, the Foreign Policy Agenda, and U.S. - East Asian Relations
• 발행기관: 한국공공정책학회
• 저자명: Jeffrey S. Peake Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha
• 간행물 정보: 『공공정책연구』한국공공정책연구 제14호, 139~161쪽, 전체 23쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 정책학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2003.12.01

영문 초록

Agenda setting is central to presidential leadership in the U.S. system. Only recently have scholars begun to analyze the agenda-setting influence of presidents, with mixed results. This paper extends analysis to an issue important to recent U.S. presidents: American relations with East Asia. Specifically, we examine the dynamics of attention by the president, the Congress, and the American media to U.S. relations with East Asia for the period 1984 to 1995. The findings suggest that actors other than the president and events exogenous to the U.S. system have been instrumental in pushing East Asia on to the systemic and policy agendas in American politics. In particular, congressional attention to East Asia has been instrumental in driving the president's public attention and media coverage. However, presidents are not without formidable agenda-setting tools, including travel abroad, which can draw significant media attention to a foreign policy issue.

목차

Abstract

1. Introduction

2. Agenda Setting Theory and Literature

3. Hypotheses

4. Research Design

5. Dynamics of Attention to East Asia

6. The Effects of Presidential Trips Abroad

7. Conclusions

8. Methodological Appendix

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