Do people's beliefs help to explain foreign policy decisions, or is
political activity better understood as the self-interested
behavior of key actors? The collaborative effort of a group of
distinguished scholars, this volume breaks new ground in
demonstrating how ideas can shape policy, even when actors are
motivated by rational self-interest. After an introduction
outlining a new framework for approaching the role of ideas in
foreign policy making, well-crafted case studies test the approach.
The function of ideas as "road maps" that reduce uncertainty is
examined in chapters on human rights, decolonialization, the
creation of socialist economies in China and Eastern Europe, and
the postwar Anglo-American economic settlement. Discussions of
parliamentary ideas in seventeenth-century England and of the
Single European Act illustrate the role of ideas in resolving
problems of coordination. The process by which ideas are
institutionalized is further explored in chapters on the Peace of
Westphalia and on German and Japanese efforts to cope with
contemporary terrorism.
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