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In the discussion on parliamentarizing foreign policy making in Finland the role of political parties and public opinion has not been essential and central topics. The aim of this article is therefore to penetrate deeper into the process of foreign policy making and illuminate developments on the level of political parties and public opinion which are quite crucial for the foreign policy of the country. As well as an empirical descrip tion of the role of political parties and public opinion there is also an effort to open up for more general theoretical discussion how to relate to this level of foreign policy making. It is argued that public opinion can be regarded as a basic resource of the foreign policy of a small country. Innovation on a theoretical level might well be the key to further developments reforming the foreign policy making system.

ARTICLE REVIEWS THE CHANGE IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AS A RESULT OF THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION AND THE TAKING OF US HOSTAGES, AS WELL AS THE SOVIET INTERVENTION IN AFGHANISTAN. THE AUTHORS ARGUE THAT, IN THE 1980 ELECTION YEAR, FOREIGN POLICY IS APT TO BECOME FRAMED WITH A HOSTILE, MILITARIST PERSPECTIVE WHICH WOULD BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE IN LATER YEARS.

Public opinion is central to representation, democratic accountability, & decision making. Yet, the public was long believed to be relatively uninterested in foreign affairs, absent an immediate threat to safety & welfare. It had become conventional to say that "voting ends at water's edge." We start the examination of the scholarly understanding of the role of foreign affairs in public opinion & voting at that low point of view. Much subsequent development saw an increasing degree of holding & using of attitudes & beliefs about foreign affairs among the public. Moving in parallel with developments in political psychology, theoretical & methodological advances led to an increasingly widely shared view that the public holds reasonably sensible & nuanced views, that these help shape their political behaviors, & that these, in turn, help shape & constrain foreign policy making. References. Adapted from the source document.