Foreign Policy Analysis by Hudson, Valerie M. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments About the Authors Part I: Overview and Evolution of Foreign Policy Analysis

Hallmarks of Foreign Policy Analysis Theory

FPA Is Possible and Valuable to IR (and Comparative and Policy Studies)

An Example: Waltz, Wendt, and FPA

A Road Map of FPA: FPA’s Beginnings and Three Paradigmatic Works Classic FPA Scholarship (1954–1993)

Group Decisionmaking Comparative Foreign Policy The Psychological and Societal Milieux of Foreign Policy Decisionmaking FPA Self-Reflection in the Late 1970s and 1980s

Foreign Policy Analysis from 1993 to the Present

A Road Map of the Book

Part II: Levels of Analysis

When and Which? Exploring the Components of the Mind

Perception and Cognition Heuristic Fallacies Emotion and Reason The Body and Decisionmaking The Situational Context Attitudes and the Mental Model—and What Lies Beneath

Approaching Leaders

Psychobiography Content Analysis Other Techniques Case Study: Saddam Hussein

Small Group Dynamics Organizational Process

Essence Turf Budget and Personnel Influence Morale Autonomy

Bureaucratic Politics

Stakeholders Action Channels Resultants Levers of Manipulation Coalitions Subversion and Equalizers The Games Case Study: Detention of Foreign Terrorists at Guantánamo

4 Culture and National Identity

Conceptualizing Culture and National Identity

The Study of Culture

The Interface: Culture and Foreign Policy

Thoughts on Moving Ahead

5 Domestic Politics

The Domestic Polity: Characteristics and Institutions Actors in Domestic Politics Case Study: Iran, U.S. Domestic Politics and the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Regime Strategy on the Domestic Game Board Strategy and Foreign Policy

Case Study: U.S. Involvement in Vietnam

6 The Levels of National Attributes and International System: Effects on Foreign Policy

National Attributes and Foreign Policy

Size Natural Resources Geography Demographics Political System Military Capabilities Economic Capabilities

The International System and Foreign Policy

Part III: Putting It All Together, or Not

7 Theoretical Integration in Foreign Policy Analysis

Cross-Level Integration: Promise and Frustration Obstacles to Systematized, Cross-Level Theoretical Integration in Foreign Policy Analysis Rosenau’s Pre-Theories Brecher and Wilkenfeld: The Question of Quantitative versus Qualitative Integration Rule-Based Production Systems CREON II Efforts A Promise yet to Be Fulfilled Integrating FPA Theory and IR Theory

Neoclassical Realism Behavioral IR

8 The Future of Foreign Policy Analysis

Foreign Policy Analysis beyond North America Less Developed Levels of Analysis Scope Conditions The Dependent Variable Methodology Integration across Levels of Analysis Real Interdisciplinarity Critical Insights and Constructivism Policymaking Evaluation Pedagogy

Bibliography Index