New to this edition:
- Updated examples throughout use the latest research to shed light on diplomatic decisions behind contemporary cases
- Increased coverage of methodology to provide students with the skills to undertake their own foreign policy analysis
- Offers theory `crib sheets´ to make upper level material accessible
This second edition goes from strength to strength. It offers an authoritative and accessible introduction to foreign policy analysis and gives invaluable advice on research design and strategy. It should be essential reading for any student of foreign policy. – Kai Oppermann, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany
Students and scholars need this book on their shelf. The text is clear, accessible and informative, with each chapter incorporating a wealth of pertinent examples and drawing on a wide range of authoritative scholarly sources. A superb text! – Derek Averre, Birmingham University, UK
An excellent overview of the main theories and approaches to the study of foreign policy, this book is a perfect combination for students at all levels seeking to understand how foreign policy is crafted and implemented. – Cameron Thies, Arizona State University, USA
This excellent book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the field of Foreign Policy Analysis. With its combination of theory, methods, and practical application, this is a first-rate textbook for students and scholars alike. – Patrick A. Mello, Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, University of Erfurt, Germany
Beach and Pedersen deftly present the fascinating sub-discipline of foreign policy analysis with plentiful practical examples and a rich connection to IR scholarship. Methodologically diverse and rich in content, and with two very helpful chapters on doing FPA research, this second edition is a must-have. – Baris Kesgin, Elon University, USA
The new edition of Analyzing Foreign Policy, featuring expanded and updated methodology-related content, is now the go-to resource for students seeking straightforward, practical guidance on how to conduct on foreign policy research. – Benjamin Day, Australian National University, Australia
A timely introduction to the field of Foreign Policy Analysis that not only introduces key drivers and issue areas of foreign policy but embeds the discussion in broader questions of research strategy and design. – Klaus Brumer, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany
Analyzing Foreign Policy´s revised edition has a lot to offer to teachers of classes on foreign policy. The original book has been effectively expanded to help students formulate relevant research questions, choose their research design and embed their work in the general International Relations literature. This book thus serves the purpose of making one´s students engage with foreign policy issues in a creative and academically rewarding way. – Bertjan Verbeek, Professor of International Relations, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
An intelligent and insightful survey of the field of Foreign Policy Analysis, offering students and scholars an excellent starting point for their own research. Methodological issues are described with clarity and precision and the text is replete with practical examples from world politics. This is both a first rate teaching tool and an original contribution to the discipline in its own right. – Jamie Gaskarth, University of Birmingham, UK
The second edition of this introductory textbook on foreign policy analysis focuses on the key explanatory factors that underlie the foreign policies of states and other actors to show how theory can illuminate practice. Genuinely international in scope and drawing on a wide range of examples, it provides an accessible introduction to the key elements of foreign policy analysis to explain, predict and evaluate what states and other collective actors want, how they make decisions, and key determinants of state security, diplomatic, and economic foreign policies. Providing a broad set of theoretical tools for analysing foreign policy, and including increased coverage of methodology, this new edition provides students with the skills to undertake their own foreign policy analysis.
|Genuinely international in scope and drawing on a wide range of examples from around the world, this major new introduction to foreign policy analysis focuses on the key explanatory factors that underlie the foreign policies of states and other actors to show how theory can illuminate practice.
1. Introduction.- 2. Research Questions and the Use of Theory.- 3. Choosing an Appropriate Research Strategy.- 4. System Level Factors.- 5. Domestic Factors.- 6. Understandings of the Choice Situation.- 7. Making Foreign Policy .- 8. What States Do: Security Policies.- 9 What States Do: Diplomacy.- 10. What States Do: Economic Foreign Policies.- 11. A Transformation of State Foreign Policy-Making?
- Do democracies adopt more peaceful foreign policies than authoritarian states?
- What is the impact of globalization upon state foreign policy?
- Do interest groups like the Israeli lobby influence US foreign policy, and if so, how?
The second edition of this important text gives you the set of theoretical tools to make sense of these questions and more. Genuinely global in scope and drawing on a wide range of examples, this accessible book provides an evaluation of the key elements of analyzing foreign policy. In so doing, it empowers you to use theories to explain, predict and evaluate the factors underlying states and other actors as they devise and implement foreign policy.
Throughout the text FPA and IR theory is integrated with methodologies to illuminate foreign policy practice and illustrate how to undertake research in this area. A wide range of factors are used to explain what states and other collective actors want, how they make decisions, and key determinants of state security, diplomatic, and economic foreign policies.
Key features
- Moves beyond the more narrow decision-making framing of FPA
- Includes a uniquely wide range of theoretical perspectives: from structural realism to cognitive psychological theories, from constructivism to negotiation strategies
- Applies the latest research to shed light on diplomatic decisions behind contemporary case studies
This book is essential for students of foreign policy at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Derek Beach is Professor of Political Science at the Aarhus University, Denmark.
Rasmus Brun Pedersen is Associate Professor of Political Science at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Über den Autor
Derek Beach is Professor of Political Science at the Aarhus University, Denmark.
Rasmus Brun Pedersen is Associate Professor of Political Science at Aarhus University, Denmark.
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction.- 2. Research Questions and the Use of Theory.- 3. Choosing an Appropriate Research Strategy.- 4. System Level Factors.- 5. Domestic Factors.- 6. Understandings of the Choice Situation.- 7. Making Foreign Policy .- 8. What States Do: Security Policies.- 9 What States Do: Diplomacy.- 10. What States Do: Economic Foreign Policies.- 11. A Transformation of State Foreign Policy-Making?
Klappentext
The second edition of this introductory textbook on foreign policy analysis focuses on the key explanatory factors that underlie the foreign policies of states and other actors to show how theory can illuminate practice. Genuinely international in scope and drawing on a wide range of examples, it provides an accessible introduction to the key elements of foreign policy analysis to explain, predict and evaluate what states and other collective actors want, how they make decisions, and key determinants of state security, diplomatic, and economic foreign policies. Providing a broad set of theoretical tools for analysing foreign policy, and including increased coverage of methodology, this new edition provides students with the skills to undertake their own foreign policy analysis.
New to this edition:
- Updated examples throughout use the latest research to shed light on diplomatic decisions behind contemporary cases
- Increased coverage of methodology to provide students with the skills to undertake their own foreign policy analysis
- Offers theory 'crib sheets' to make upper level material accessible
