INR 2001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Foreign Policy Analysis, Powell Doctrine, Pentagon Papers

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Political Science
• Course: INR 2001
• Professor: Paul D’ Anieri

Document Summary

10/6/13: foreign policy analysis, foreign policy analysis: analysis that attempts to understand states" behavior in terms of actors and processes at the domestic (state and substate) level, foreign policy analysis can be divided into three areas of study: The first concerns the workings of bureaucracies. The second examines the process of decision making. The third considers the psychological characteristics of leaders themselves: branches of government, most foreign policy analysis focuses on the executive branch for three reasons. In many countries, the constitution or legislation specifies that the head of government shall be responsible for making foreign policy. There is often agreement within a country that the country needs to have a single voice abroad and that the head of the government should be that voice. The most significant source of legislative influence is control over budgets: courts in foreign policy. Traditionally, domestic courts have been involved in foreign policy only in isolated instances.