Foreign Policy Analysis
Classic and Contemporary Theory
4th Edition
Published on 14. May 2026
368 pages
979-8-8818-6733-1 (ISBN)
Description
The go-to text for understanding both the historical development and contemporary contours of foreign policy analysis.
This comprehensive introduction to Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA) is geared toward advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students. Cogently written, clearly organized, and filled with illuminating examples, the fourth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated. Beginning with an overview of this broad field of study, Hudson and Day consider theory and research at multiple levels of analysis, including personality and psychology of foreign policy decision makers, small group dynamics, the organizational process, bureaucratic politics, domestic politics, cultural and societal influences, national attributes, and system-level effects on foreign policy. The authors also examine the promise and frustration of theoretical integration in FPA and overview promising new work by non-North American scholars.
This comprehensive introduction to Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA) is geared toward advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students. Cogently written, clearly organized, and filled with illuminating examples, the fourth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated. Beginning with an overview of this broad field of study, Hudson and Day consider theory and research at multiple levels of analysis, including personality and psychology of foreign policy decision makers, small group dynamics, the organizational process, bureaucratic politics, domestic politics, cultural and societal influences, national attributes, and system-level effects on foreign policy. The authors also examine the promise and frustration of theoretical integration in FPA and overview promising new work by non-North American scholars.
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Edition
4th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
16 b/w illustrations; 6 tables
File size
169,72 MB
ISBN-13
979-8-8818-6733-1 (9798881867331)
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4th Edition
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Persons
Valerie M. Hudson is professor and George H. W. Bush Chair at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University.
Benjamin S. Day is associate lecturer in the department of International Relations, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University.
Benjamin S. Day is associate lecturer in the department of International Relations, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University.
Content
PART I. Overview and Evolution of Foreign Policy Analysis
1. Introduction: The Situation and Evolution of Foreign Policy Analysis: A Road Map
PART II. Levels of Analysis
2. The Individual Decisionmaker: The Political Psychology of World Leaders
3. Group Decisionmaking: Small Group Dynamics, Organizational Process, and Bureaucratic Politics
4. Culture and National Identity
5. Domestic Politics and Opposition
6. The Levels of National Attributes and International System: Effects on Foreign Policy
PART III. Putting It All Together, or Not
7. Theoretical Integration in Foreign Policy Analysis
8. The Future of Foreign Policy Analysis
1. Introduction: The Situation and Evolution of Foreign Policy Analysis: A Road Map
PART II. Levels of Analysis
2. The Individual Decisionmaker: The Political Psychology of World Leaders
3. Group Decisionmaking: Small Group Dynamics, Organizational Process, and Bureaucratic Politics
4. Culture and National Identity
5. Domestic Politics and Opposition
6. The Levels of National Attributes and International System: Effects on Foreign Policy
PART III. Putting It All Together, or Not
7. Theoretical Integration in Foreign Policy Analysis
8. The Future of Foreign Policy Analysis
