How are foreign policy decisions made? This volume shows the
various approaches to answer this question. In their introduction,
Jacobson and Zimmerman make clear the goals and techniques of the
comparative analysis of foreign policy behavior and, following
this, they provide seven basic essays exemplifying, with
variations, the principal approaches used to explain foreign policy
behavior: the systemic, the environmental, the societal, the
governmental, and the idiosyncratic (or psychological).
Jan F. Triska and David D. Finley illustrate the systemic
approach as applied to Soviet-American relations. Harold and
Margaret Sprout then deal with the significance of the physical
environment in the study of international politics. Two essays
follow--by, respectively, Karl W. Deutsch and Gabriel A.
Almond--representing the merger of international and comparative
studies in this field. The contribution by Henry A. Kissinger
examines the relationship of certain governmental systems to
foreign policy behavior.
The editors' introduction and selections reflect excitingly and
accurately the "state of the art" of comparative foreign policy
analysis and place before the reader, in clear and compact form,
the continuing dialogue among scholars about one of the most
controversial areas in the study of political processes.
"Harold Karan Jacobson" (1929-2001) was professor of political
science and Director of the International Organization Program at
the University of Michigan. Throughout his career he has held
research grants from the Social Science Research Council and the
Rockefeller Foundation, and has been a World Affairs Center Fellow.
In addition to writing and editing several books on American
foreign policy, international organizations, and foreign policy
behavior, Jacobson contributed numerous articles to scholarly and
professional journals and was a member of the editorial boards of
the "Journal of Conflict Resolution" and "International
Organization."
"William Zimmerman" is professor of political science, research
professor at the Center for Political Studies, and research
scientist at the Center for Russian and East European Studies all
at the University of Michigan. His research interests include
comparative government and politics and world
politics/international relations. His most recent book is "The
Russian People and Foreign Policy: Mass and Elite Perspectives,
1993-2000."
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