Foreign Policy Analysis: A Comparative Introduction

by Marijke Breuning

This book's conceptual introduction to foreign policy analysis focuses on decision makers and decision making. Each chapter is organised around puzzles and questions to which undergraduate students can easily relate. As a whole, the book emphasizes the importance of individuals in foreign policy decision making, while also placing decision makers within the context that shapes their perceptions and actions.

Genres: Politics

Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Mayim de Vries · Rating 3 out of 5]

Clear and precise introductory text into FPA.

[Robert · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eh, pretty basic stuff here. Probably designed for eager young things in summer institutes, Breuning's text (very much a remedial textbook-like structure, complete with chapter summary and questions) often reads as a professorial apologia, justification of 'foreign policy analysis' in order to avoid departmental cuts: Why My Class Matters in seven simple chapters.

[Cristi Vlas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great for beginner IR students.
It offers a sufficiently sophisticated bibliography for further readings into the basics of foreign policy analysis.
The second half of the book seemed to have many mispellings and grammar mistakes.

[Daniel Triparmadi · Rating 4 out of 5]

In-depth analysis applicable to modern political landscape.

[Afifah Mim · Rating 3 out of 5]

ব্যক্তিগত নোট:
পরীক্ষায় পাশ করতে চাই বলে এখন এতো তাড়াহুড়ো করেও অবশেষে পড়ে শেষ করলাম এটা। তাই জানিনা- বইটা ঠিক কেমন। মেবি ভালোই হবে। আপাতত কোনো ধারণা নাই। সেজন্যই মাঝামাঝি গিয়ে দিলাম = ৩ স্টার।

[Muslim Imran · Rating 5 out of 5]

An amazing summary of what Foreign Policy is all about