Foreign Policy Analysis: New Approaches

by Chris Alden, Amnon Aran

Building on the success of the first edition, this revised volume re-invigorates the conversation between foreign policy analysis and international relations. It opens up the discussion, situating existing debates in foreign policy in relation to contemporary concerns in international relations, and provides a concise and accessible account of key areas in foreign policy analysis that are often ignored. Focusing on how foreign policy decision making affects the conduct of states in the international system, and analysing the relationship between policy, agency and actors, the volume examines:

foreign policy and bureaucracies
domestic sources of foreign policy
foreign policy and the state
foreign policy and globalization
foreign policy and change.

Features of the second edition include:
a wider range of contemporary case studies and examples from around the globe
analysis of new directions in foreign policy analysis including foreign policy implementation and the changing media landscape
fully updated material across all chapters to reflect the evolving research agenda in the area.

This second edition builds on and expands the theoretical canvas of foreign policy analysis, shaping its ongoing dialogue with international relations and offering an important introduction to the field. It is essential reading for all students of foreign policy and international relations.

186 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Chris Alden is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Relations at the LSE. He has researched and published on Asian-African relations for over fifteen years. He has previously taught at the University of Witwatersrand, and held research fellowships at the University of Tokyo, the Ecole Normale Superieure and the University of Cambridge.

Reviews

[Laurent · Rating 4 out of 5]

Arguably the best and most comprehensive study of Foreign Policy Analysis. I had the pleasure of being taught its contents by Professor Alden himself, an extremely intelligent and thoughtful man, who's nature and intellectual prowess is certainly reflected in the quality of this book.

[Bilal Anis · Rating 5 out of 5]

very well-written book . Straight to the point

[Lorenza · Rating 2 out of 5]

Testo molto confusionario e poco incentrato sulla spiegazione esemplificativa dei modelli, sembra più voler fare un resoconto sulle diatribe fra i vari teorici dell'analisi della politica estera che spiegare effettivamente i modelli da questi elaborati. L'ho dovuto leggere per un esame e non è stato affatto d'aiuto nello studio

[Mariel]

No sé si estoy de acuerdo con la clasificación de los Estados propuesta por los autores (quienes además ignoran por completo los aportes que Latinoamérica ha hecho a los APE) pero saqué bastante bibliografía muy piola y algunas cositas para discutir. Sirvió