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Policy Objective of Military Intervention and Public Attitudes: A Conjoint Experiment from US and Turkey
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Abstract This paper scrutinizes the role of the principal policy objective of military intervention in conditioning citizen attitudes for the use of force. Extending the scope of analysis beyond the independent effects, it next assesses how the effects of two core variables of intervention, namely internatio... view more
This paper scrutinizes the role of the principal policy objective of military intervention in conditioning citizen attitudes for the use of force. Extending the scope of analysis beyond the independent effects, it next assesses how the effects of two core variables of intervention, namely international organizations' approval of the operation and the regime type of the target country, vary for interventions with differing mandates. The results of the conjoint experiment in two dissimilar cases, the US and Turkey, show that despite substantial changes in relative support for different types of operations, policy objective is still a highly potent determinant of individual attitudes. The results also concur that compared to foreign policy restraint and humanitarian missions, individuals are more sensitive to international organizations' endorsements of the use of force for peace and internal political change operations. Finally, individuals are significantly disapproving of operations that seek internal political changes in democratic targets, though in contrast to the democratic peace theory, for other types of interventions, they are indifferent to the regime type of the opponent.... view less
Keywords
conflict management; military intervention; public opinion; Turkey; United States of America
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Journal
Political Behavior (2023) Latest Articles
ISSN
1573-6687
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed