Diplomacy and Developing Nations: Post-Cold War Foreign Policy-Making Structures and Processes

by Robertson; Justin

• ISBN13: 9780415498975
• ISBN10: 041549897X
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2009-02-27
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This volume explores the foreign policy environment facing developing nations and their particular foreign policy-making structures and processes. By defining foreign policy broadly to incorporate the activities of a range of state actors and non-state actors, the book broadens the range of analytical frameworks for studying foreign policy-making in developing nations. Thus, the actions of small groups of elites, international institutions and transnational networks are seen to be part of foreign policy-making, as well as the traditional operations of foreign ministries.The volume is comprised of an extensive introduction, four thematic chapters, six country studies and a conclusion that ties together common themes. These serve as a useful contribution to the analysis of foreign policy-making in developing nations, a neglected area in the comparative study of foreign policy.