POLISCI 255 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Economic Integration
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Who makes foreign policy: officials (elected and appointed, diplomats, legislators, special interests, have to consider the arguments of interest groups, activists, voters. Important to be in the room during negotiations to ensure representation: opposing adversaries. What does foreign policy include: war and peace, economic integration and protection, special interests fight for this, maintaining boundaries between us and them , defining communal identity. What will american foreign policy cover: looks specifically at the united states" strategy, understanding why actors choose given strategies in certain situations, strategy and interactions, war and threats of war, foreign policy institutions, foreign economic policy. Immigration and identity: major contemporary problems, types of explanations: