Ideas and Foreign Policy

Ideas and Foreign Policy
Author :
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Total Pages : 327
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781501724992
ISBN-13 : 1501724991
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Ideas and Foreign Policy by : Judith Goldstein

Download or read book Ideas and Foreign Policy written by Judith Goldstein and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-30 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do people's beliefs help to explain foreign policy decisions, or is political activity better understood as the self-interested behavior of key actors? The collaborative effort of a group of distinguished scholars, this volume breaks new ground in demonstrating how ideas can shape policy, even when actors are motivated by rational self-interest. After an introduction outlining a new framework for approaching the role of ideas in foreign policy making, well-crafted case studies test the approach. The function of ideas as "road maps" that reduce uncertainty is examined in chapters on human rights, decolonialization, the creation of socialist economies in China and Eastern Europe, and the postwar Anglo-American economic settlement. Discussions of parliamentary ideas in seventeenth-century England and of the Single European Act illustrate the role of ideas in resolving problems of coordination. The process by which ideas are institutionalized is further explored in chapters on the Peace of Westphalia and on German and Japanese efforts to cope with contemporary terrorism.


Ideas and Foreign Policy Related Books

Ideas and Foreign Policy
Language: en
Pages: 327
Authors: Judith Goldstein
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-06-30 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Do people's beliefs help to explain foreign policy decisions, or is political activity better understood as the self-interested behavior of key actors? The coll
Ideas, Interests, and American Trade Policy
Language: en
Pages: 289
Authors: Judith Goldstein
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-05-15 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

To citizens and political analysts alike, United States trade law is an incoherent conglomeration of policies, both liberal and protectionist. Seeking to unders
Ideas and the Use of Force in American Foreign Policy
Language: en
Pages: 232
Authors: Rees, Morgan
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-11-10 - Publisher: Policy Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The decision to mount an armed foreign intervention is one of the most consequential that a US president can take. This book sets out to explain why and when pr
Foreign Policy Begins at Home
Language: en
Pages: 224
Authors: Richard N. Haass
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-04-08 - Publisher: Basic Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A rising China, climate change, terrorism, a nuclear Iran, a turbulent Middle East, and a reckless North Korea all present serious challenges to America's natio
Empire of Ideas
Language: en
Pages: 294
Authors: Justin Hart
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-02-14 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Empire of Ideas examines the origins of the U. S. government's programs in public diplomacy and how the nation's image in the world became an essential componen