Public Participation in Foreign Policy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Should the Public Participate?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Debating the Public’s Role in Foreign Policy

      • James Headley, Jo-Ansie van Wyk

      Pages 3-20

   3. Does the Public Want to Participate?

      • James Headley, Andreas Reitzig

      Pages 21-37

3. Public Participation in Comparative Perspective

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39

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   2. American Public Opinion and Foreign Policy after September 11: The Iraq War

      • Ole R. Holsti

      Pages 41-78

   3. Public Participation in Post-Apartheid South African Foreign Policy

      • Jo-Ansie van Wyk

      Pages 79-102

4. Participatory Channels in Contemporary Society

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103

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   2. Peace and Disarmament Activism

      • Kate Dewes

      Pages 105-133

   3. ‘Being a Good Neighbour’: New Zealand and Track Two Diplomacy in Southeast Asia

      • Andrew Butcher

      Pages 134-152

   4. Public Input into Free Trade Negotiations: The New Zealand-China FTA

      • Matt Crawford, Alasdair Thompson, Peter Conway

      Pages 153-169

5. Voices of Minorities

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171

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   2. Rights and Sovereignty of Indigenous Peoples: Implications for Foreign Policy

      • Maria Bargh

      Pages 173-188

   3. Public Opinion in the Development of Foreign Policy in French Pacific Territories: The Example of New Caledonia

      • Cameron Diver

      Pages 189-212

   4. Pacific Islands Diaspora Groups and Foreign Policy

      • Alumita L. Durutalo

      Pages 213-233

   5. Conclusion: Some Reflections on Public Participation in Foreign Policy

      • James Headley, Joe Burton

      Pages 234-249

6. Back Matter

   Pages 250-259

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Experts from academia, governments, think tanks, NGOs, trade unions, and business investigate whether the public should play a greater role in foreign policy making by analysing their current role in the Iraq war (USA), Post-Apartheid (South Africa), trade relations with China (New Zealand) and other cases.

• Diplomacy
• foreign policy
• Government
• participation
• Policy
• sovereignty

• University of Otago, New Zealand

  James Headley, Andreas Reitzig, Joe Burton

• Department of International Politics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK

  Joe Burton

MARIA BARGH Lecturer of M?ori Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand ANDREW BUTCHER Director of Research and Policy, Asia New Zealand Foundation PETER CONWAY Secretary of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions MATT CRAWFORD Manager of the Trade Policy Liaison Unit with the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade KATE DEWES Coordinator of the South Island Regional Office of the Aotearoa/New Zealand Peace Foundation CAMERON DIVER Deputy Director of Legal Affairs for the South Province in New Caledonia ALUMITA DURUTALO Lecturer in Politics and International Affairs at the University of the South Pacific, Fiji OLE HOLSTI George V. Allen Professor of International Affairs in the Political Science Department, Duke University, USA ALASDAIR THOMPSON Chief Executive Officer of the Employers and Manufacturers Association (Northern), New Zealand JO-ANSIE VAN WYK Lecturer in International Politics in the Department of Political Sciences, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

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