Format:
Online-Ressource (289 p)
ISBN:
9780691123400
Content:
Under what conditions should we expect states to do things radically differently all of a sudden? In this book, David Welch seeks to answer this question, constructing a theory of foreign policy change inspired by organization theory, cognitive and motivational psychology, and prospect theory. He then ""test drives"" the theory in a series of comparative case studies in the security and trade domains: Argentina's decision to go to war over the Falklands/Malvinas vs. Japan's endless patience with diplomacy in its conflict with Russia over the Northern Territories; America's decision to commi
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COVER; CONTENTS; FIGURES AND TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODCTION; CHAPTER 1: SURPRISE, ANTICIPATION, AND THEORY; CHAPTER 2: A THEORY OF FOREIGN POLICY CHANGE; CHAPTER 3: USELESS ISLANDS DISPUTES; CHAPTER 4: AMERICAN BOYS IN AN ASIAN WAR; CHAPTER 5: FREE TRADE WITH THE UNITED STATES: TWO FUNERALS AND A WEDDING; CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSION; WORKS CITED; INDEX
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781400840748
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780691123400
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Painful Choices : A Theory of Foreign Policy Change
Language:
English
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