Foreign Policy Analysis A Toolbox /

• Main Authors: Morin, Jean-Frédéric (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Paquin, Jonathan (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Political science.; International relations.; Sociology-Research.; Security, International.; Diplomacy.; Popular Science in Political Science and International Relations.; Foreign Policy.; International Relations Theory.; Research Methodology.; International Security Studies.

This book presents the evolution of the field of foreign policy analysis and explains the theories that have structured research in this area over the last 50 years. It provides the essentials of emerging theoretical trends, data and methodological pitfalls and major case-studies and is designed to...

Table of Contents:

• 1.What is Foreign Policy Analysis?
• 2. How to Identify and Assess a Foreign Policy?
• 3. Do Decision-Makers Matter?
• 4. What is the Influence of the Bureaucracy?
• 5. To What Extent is Foreign Policy Shaped by Institutions?
• 6. How Influential Are the Social Actors?
• 7. How Does Rationality Apply to FPA and What Are Its Limitations?
• 8.What Part Does Culture Play in FPA?
• 9. Does the International Structure Explain Foreign Policy?
• 10. What are the Current Challenges to FPA?.