The New Foreign Policy (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | Laura Neack | knygos.lt

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In this cogent text, Laura Neack argues that foreign policy making results from the complex interactions of competing interests. Now in a thoroughly revised and updated edition, this concise, accessible book reviews both old and new lessons on foreign policy making and behavior using a rich array of new and enduring case studies than span the globe. Following a levels-of-analysis organization, the author considers the many elements that influence foreign policy. At the individual level, topics include realist theories on rational actors and the pursuit of national interests; studies of leaders cognition, beliefs, and learning; and the importance of understanding decision rules at the highest policy making level. At the state level of analysis, topics include the shaping influence of national self-image and culture on government institutions and policies; how the process of democratization can be co-opted by elites seeking power and thereby lead to violence; the impact of domestic political debates and political opposition on foreign policy choices; and the controversial roles of public opinion and the media. System-level topics include how great powers are expected to behave in a unipolar era and how non-great powers may find openings for foreign policy independence; and the influence of non-state actors on the foreign policies of states.