Bureaucratic Politics And Foreign Policy

by Halperin, Morton H.; Clapp, Priscilla; Kanter, Arnold

• ISBN13: 9780815734093
• ISBN10: 0815734093
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-18
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Summary

The first edition of Bureaucratic Politics and Foreign Policy is one of the most successful Brookings titles of all time. This thoroughly revised version updates that classic analysis of the role played by the federal bureaucracy --civilian career officials, political appointees, and military officers --and Congress in formulating U.S. national security policy, illustrating how policy decisions are actually made. Government agencies, departments, and individuals all have certain interests to preserve and promote. Those priorities, and the conflicts they sometimes spark, heavily influence the formulation and implementation of foreign policy. A decision that looks like an orchestrated attempt to influence another country may in fact represent a shaky compromise between rival elements within the U.S. government. The authors provide numerous examples of bureaucratic maneuvering and reveal how they have influenced our international relations. The revised edition includes new examples of bureaucratic politics from the past three decades, from Jimmy Carter's view of the State Department to conflicts between George W. Bush and the bureaucracy regarding Iraq. The second edition also includes a new analysis of Congress's role in the politics of foreign policymaking.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
1 The ABM Puzzle: An Introduction to Politics inside Government	1	(8)
PART I: INTERESTS AND PARTICIPANTS
2 National Security Interests	9	(16)
3 Organizational Interests	25	(37)
4 Domestic Politics and Presidential Interests	62	(22)
5 Interests, Faces, and Stands	84	(15)
PART II: DECISIONS
6 Initiative and Rules	99	(20)
7 Planning a Decision Strategy	119	(20)
8 Information and Arguments	139	(25)
9 Maneuvers to Affect Information	164	(17)
10 Uses of the Press	181	(23)
11 Involving the President	204	(22)
12 Influence and Decisions	226	(17)
PART III: ACTIONS
13 Decisions and Implementation	243	(30)
14 Actions in the Field	273	(19)
15 Presidential Control	292	(21)
PART IV: CONGRESS
16 Congress and Bureaucratic Politics	313	(34)
PART V: CONCLUSIONS
17 Back to ABM: Some Tentative Answers	347	(14)
18 A Complicated Reality	361	(4)
References and Bibliography	365	(14)
Index	379