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The politics of United States foreign policy

Author: James M Scott; Jerel A Rosati
Publisher: Thousand Oaks, California : CQ Press, an imprint of SAGE Publications, Inc., [2021]
Edition/Format:   Print book : English : Seventh editionView all editions and formats
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"The Politics of United States Foreign Policy uses three levels of analysis to help students consider the players, processes, and politics that drive U.S. decisions and involvement in the global political system. Focusing more on the process of creating policy rather than the history, this comprehensive text blends substance and theory in a lively narrative that is engaging, accessible, and informative. This text  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: James M Scott; Jerel A Rosati
ISBN: 9781544374550 1544374550
OCLC Number: 1131874505
Description: xix, 522 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), charts (some color) ; 24 cm
Contents: Understanding the politics of U.S. Foreign policy --
The global and historical context : power, role and politics on the world stage --
The president and white house leadership --
Understanding the foreign policy bureaucracy : the state department --
Understanding the foreign policy bureaucracy : the military establishment --
Understanding the foreign policy bureaucracy : the intelligence community --
Understanding the foreign policy bureaucracy : the foreign economic bureaucracy --
The national security council system : presidential management of foreign policymaking --
Congress and interbranch politics --
Explaining the politics and processes of foreign policymaking --
The public, public opinion and foreign policy --
Interest groups and foreign policy --
The media and foreign policy --
Patterns, processes, and foreign policymaking.
Responsibility: James M. Scott, Jerel A. Rosati.

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"The Politics of United States Foreign Policy uses three levels of analysis to help students consider the players, processes, and politics that drive U.S. decisions and involvement in the global political system. Focusing more on the process of creating policy rather than the history, this comprehensive text blends substance and theory in a lively narrative that is engaging, accessible, and informative. This text stresses analytical and theoretical thinking about cause-and-effect in policymaking, integrating factors from the international and domestic contexts with institutional, organizational, and individual dynamics and characteristics. Politics, and the processes that follow, are even more important than ever in today's world and shapes our choices and behavior in profound ways. The seventh edition is has been updated to cover developments since the end of the Obama administration and the transition to the new Trump administration, the challenges of changing international and domestic contexts, and more"--

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"This is an insightful and analytic introduction to United States foreign policy. And yet, the book is very readable. Students will be challenged to engage with the complexities of the policymaking Read more...

 
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