This succinct yet 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 third 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.
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 Day is associate lecturer in the department of International Relations, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Australian National University
PART I. Overview and Evolution of Foreign Policy Analysis1. Introduction: The Situation and Evolution of Foreign Policy Analysis: A Road MapPART II. Levels of Analysis2. The Individual Decisionmaker: The Political Psychology of World Leaders3. Group Decisionmaking: Small Group Dynamics, Organizational Process, and Bureaucratic Politics4. Culture and National Identity5. Domestic Politics6. The Levels of National Attributes and International System: Effects on Foreign PolicyPART III. Putting It All Together, or Not7. Theoretical Integration in Foreign Policy Analysis8. The Future of Foreign Policy Analysis
This is a compelling and rewarding book that makes one wonder why it was not written years ago. Using an explicit conceptualization, rich detail, and a wide range of historical illustrations to depict an analytic focus that has preoccupied observers for a long time, Hudson has done a masterful job of synthesizing diverse materials that will be of great value in both the classroom and policymaking circles.