The Politics of United States Foreign Policy

by Rosati, Jerel A.; Scott, James M.

• ISBN13: 9780495797241
• ISBN10: 0495797243
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-11
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Widely considered to be a definitive work on how U.S. foreign policy is made, THE POLITICS OF UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY uses three levels of analysis that demonstrate how government, society, and the historical-global environment all impact policymaking. Appropriate for those professors who want to teach a course that emphasizes process, the text blends substance, history, and theory in a lively narrative that is comprehensive, accessible, and informative. This new fifth edition is streamlined and updated and includes coverage of the 2008 elections, the new Congress, the global economic crisis, updates on the Iraq War, and the Obama administration’s foreign policy.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

The Politics of U.S. Foreign Policy

Historical Context and the Future of U.S. Global Power

Government and the Policymaking Process

Presidential Power and Leadership

The Bureaucracy, Presidential Management, and the National Security Council

Understanding Bureaucracy: the State Department at Home and Abroad

The Military Establishment

The Intelligence Community

The Foreign Economic Bureaucracy, the NEC, and State and Local Governments

Decisionmaking Theory and Foreign Policy

Congress and Interbranch Politics

The Society and Domestic Politics

The Public and Its Beliefs

Electoral Politics

Group Politics

The Media and the Communications Process

Conclusion

Summarizing the Major Patterns, the Nature of Change, and the Future Politics of U.S. Foreign Policy

Index

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