POLI 205 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Bureaucracy, Hard Power, Soft Power
19 Apr 2016
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Foreign policy is the articulation of national interests and the means chosen to secure those interests, both material and ideational, in the international arena. Material interests are the physical goals of state officials as they set foreign and domestic policy, which may be trade agreements, energy resources, control over strategic territory, etc. Ideational interests are the psychological, moral, and ethical goals of a state, which may include the promotion of values, norms, and policy ideas that enhance the security and prosperity of a nation-state. Nationalism is the idea that the world is divided into nations, and these nations provide the overriding focus of political identity and loyalty that in turn demands national self- determination. Definitions of nationalism usually frame it as ideology, a political worldview. Civic nationalism is defined by a common citizenship regardless of ethnicity, race, religion, gender, or language. All citizens are united in their loyalty toward and identity with a nation-state.
