To what extent does public opinion impact upon the making and development of US foreign policy?

Essay aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Amerikanistik - Kultur und Landeskunde, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: As the United States of America is a democratic nation, liberals argue that the elected government should act according to public opinion when it comes to foreign policy. Realists, on the other hand, think that only experts respectively politicians are capable of decision-making and therefo...