Responding to War on Capitol Hill: Battlefield Casualties, Congressional Response, and Public Support for the War in Iraq

Douglas Kriner; Francis Shen

doi:10.1111/ajps.12055

Responding to War on Capitol Hill: Battlefield Casualties, Congressional Response, and Public Support for the War in Iraq

American Journal of Political Science ◽

10.1111/ajps.12055 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 58 (1) ◽

pp. 157-174 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Douglas Kriner ◽

Francis Shen

Keyword(s):

Public Support ◽

Capitol Hill ◽

War In Iraq ◽

Congressional Response

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Missing Voices

Armed Forces & Society ◽

10.1177/0095327x11428786 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 38 (3) ◽

pp. 391-412 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

James S. Krueger ◽

Francisco I. Pedraza

Keyword(s):

Public Opinion ◽

Military Service ◽

Public Support ◽

Service Members ◽

Congressional Election ◽

Election Study ◽

Us Military ◽

Military Service Members ◽

War In Iraq

Public opinion studies on war attitudes say little about civilians who are related to military service members. The authors argue that military “service-connected” individuals are missing voices in the research that examines public support for war. Using over 50,000 observations from the 2010 Cooperative Congressional Election Study, the authors estimate attitudes toward the war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, and the use of US military troops in general. The authors find that service-connected civilians express greater support for war and the use of troops than civilians without such a connection. This study discusses the implications of these findings for theoretical advancements in the literature addressing war attitudes and the conceptualization of the “civil–military gap.”

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The Politics of Hunger: When Science and Ideology Clash

International Journal of Health Services ◽

10.2190/19gx-b4g7-9wxb-2y6q ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 221-237 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

J. Larry Brown ◽

Stanley N. Gershoff ◽

John T. Cook

Keyword(s):

Social Policy ◽

Public Support ◽

Scientific Evaluation ◽

Wic Program ◽

White House ◽

Playing Field ◽

Capitol Hill ◽

High Level ◽

Insight Into ◽

Congressional Action

In recent years the WIC program, a federal nutrition program for poor mothers and babies, has become a major playing field for ideological forces hoping to shape public opinion and Congressional action on matters of domestic social policy. WIC's highly positive benefits have been distorted, research results from its scientific evaluation altered by high-level federal officials, and its public support undermined by an academic spokesman with ties to the White House and a stated desire to kill the program. While strong bipartisan support on Capitol Hill makes it likely that WIC will survive and even grow, distortion of its record provides insight into how ideological forces contaminate the well of reasoned discourse for their preconceived ends.

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