The Changing Politics of Foreign Policy

by Hill, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9780333754238
• ISBN10: 0333754239
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-18
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This is a major new introduction to, and interpretation and reassessment of, the nature of foreign policy in the light of changing political conditions, international and domestic. It argues that despite the forces of globalization, foreign policy is an essential part of the life of any state and a focal point for both political agency and democratic accountability.

Author Biography

Christopher Hill is Montague Burton Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	x
List of Figures	xi
List of Abbreviations	xii
Acknowledgements	xiv
Preface	xvii
Foreign Policy in International Relations	1	(24)
An initial definition	3	(2)
Competing approaches	5	(6)
The changing international context	11	(4)
The challenge to foreign policy analysis	15	(4)
Argument and structure	19	(6)
The Politics of Foreign Policy	25	(26)
Agency and structure	25	(5)
The state, sovereignty and foreign policy	30	(7)
Between home and abroad	37	(3)
Foreign policy for whom?	40	(3)
Expectations of foreign policy	43	(3)
The diversity of states	46	(5)
PART I AGENCY
Actors: the Responsible Decision-makers	51	(21)
Who governs, in foreign policy?	53	(3)
The foreign policy executive	56	(7)
Cabinets, Security Councils and Politburos	63	(3)
Intelligence: a special case?	66	(3)
Leading responsibly	69	(3)
Agents: Bureaucracy and the Proliferation of External Relations	72	(25)
Agents not agency	73	(2)
Bureaucracy and foreign policy	75	(1)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs	76	(6)
Proliferating rivals	82	(3)
The theory of bureaucratic politics	85	(7)
The heart of the matter -- organizational process	92	(3)
Politicians and officials: can the dog be separated from his tail?	95	(2)
Rationality in Foreign Policy	97	(30)
Rationality in policy-making	98	(4)
Bounded rationality	102	(5)
Non-decisions in foreign policy	107	(1)
The psychological factor	108	(8)
The power of historical thinking	116	(2)
Own goals	118	(5)
Avoiding the worst	123	(4)
Implementation: Translating Decisions and Capabilities into Actions	127	(32)
More than a technicality	127	(2)
Power and foreign policy	129	(5)
The spectrum of means	134	(4)
Diplomacy	138	(5)
The military arm	143	(5)
Economic statecraft	148	(4)
Culture	152	(2)
Seeking balance	154	(5)
PART II THE INTERNATIONAL
Living in the Anarchical Society	159	(28)
The outside world	159	(7)
Material conditions	166	(5)
Semi-material conditions -- or the politics of human geography	171	(3)
Political interdependence	174	(9)
Opting out and other forms of resistance	183	(3)
System change	186	(1)
Transnational Reformulations	187	(32)
A transnational environment	189	(5)
A taxonomy of actors	194	(9)
Foreign policy and transnational actors: a model	203	(5)
Linkage politics	208	(6)
Confusing responsibilities	214	(5)
PART III RESPONSIBILITY
The Domestic Sources of Foreign Policy	219	(31)
Sources, constraints and actors	220	(4)
Complications from domestic events	224	(6)
Constitutional structures	230	(5)
Autres regimes, autres mæurs?	235	(5)
Class, development and foreign policy	240	(8)
Foreign policy as output -- and choice	248	(2)
The Constituencies of Foreign Policy	250	(33)
Accountability versus the security state	251	(11)
Public opinion	262	(6)
Interest groups and the mobilization of civil society	268	(5)
The media as gatekeepers	273	(6)
The rise of public diplomacy	279	(2)
In conclusion	281	(2)
On Purpose in Foreign Policy: Action, Choice and Responsibility	283	(25)
Action	286	(6)
Choice	292	(5)
Responsibility	297	(7)
Hopes and prospects	304	(4)
Notes and References	308	(54)
Index	362