Analyzing Foreign Policy

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Contents
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List of Abbreviations
1 Introduction: Analyzing Foreign Policy
	Defining ‘foreign policy’
	What is the analysis of foreign policy?
	What is theory?
	A theoretical toolbox for the study of foreign policy
	The assumptions and core arguments of the theoretical tools
PART I WHAT STATES WANT
	2 System-Level Factors
		Structural realism: the survival of egoistic states in an anarchic world
		Liberalism: institutions and interdependence creates a new context for states
		Constructivism: different cultures of anarchy, national interests and identity
	3 Domestic Factors
		Neoclassical realism: anarchy with a domestic face
		Liberalism: opening up the black box
		Social constructivism at the state level: interest and identity construction
PART II DECISION-MAKING
	4 Understanding the Choice Situation
		The Rational Actor Model (RAM)
		Cognitive theories: a more realistic understanding of the collection and processing of information
	5 Making Choices
		Cognitive and social-psychological theories of decision-making
		The politics of choice: foreign policy decisions as the product of political battles
PART III WHAT STATES DO
	6 Security Policies
		War and security foreign policies
		Why states prefer certain military/strategic options over others: the role of strategic culture
		Preventing war: creating stable balances of power
		Preventing war: deterrence and coercive diplomacy
		Preventing war: strong liberal theories on transformations due to democracy and interdependence
		Conflict resolution and the termination of international conflicts
	7 Diplomacy
		Negotiations as a form of diplomacy
		Two-level games
		Negotiations and culture
	8 Economic Foreign Policies
		Trade policies
		Economic sanctions and aid: the sticks and carrots of economic statecraft
		Foreign developmental aid
	9 A Transformation of State Foreign Policy-Making?
		Globalization and the end of the state-centric world?
		Foreign policy-making beyond the state?
	10 Analyzing Foreign Policy: Research Strategies and Methods
		Choosing research questions
		Choosing an appropriate research strategy
		Deductive, theory-testing research designs
		Inductive, theory-building research designs
		The methodology of post-structuralist foreign policy analysis: a brief guide
		Conclusions
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Index