Foreign Policy Analysis

Foreign Policy Analysis is the first textbook to gear foreign policy analysis (FPA) theory toward advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students. Beginning with an overview of this broad field of study, the book's subsequent chapters tackle theory and research at multiple levels of analysis, including personality and psychology of foreign policy decisionmakers and decisionmaking, small group dynamics, the organizational process, bureaucratic politics, domestic politics, cultural and societal influences on foreign policy, national attributes, and system-level effects on foreign policy. A chapter examining the promise and frustration of theoretical integration in FPA is also incorporated, and the book ends with an analysis of the areas in which the next generation of foreign policy analysts can make important contributions to the field.

Analiza politicii externe este primul manual care orienteaza teoria analizei politicii externe (FPA) catre studentii avansati si studentii incepatori. Incepand cu o imagine de ansamblu asupra acestui domeniu larg de studiu, capitolele ulterioare ale cartii abordeaza teoria si cercetarea la mai multe niveluri de analiza, inclusiv personalitatea si psihologia factorilor de decizie si luarea deciziilor in domeniul politicii externe, dinamica grupurilor mici, procesul organizational, politica birocratica, politica interna, influente culturale si societale asupra politicii externe, atributelor nationale si efectelor la nivel de sistem asupra politicii externe.