Congress and the Foreign Policy Process: Modes of Legislative Behavior (Political Traditions in Foreign Policy S.) - Hardcover

Crabb, Cecil V.; Etc.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807124443 ISBN 13: 9780807124444

Publisher: Louisiana State University Press, 2000

Synopsis

This study identifies and examines recurring patterns of legislative behaviour over the span of America's diplomatic experience. It creates a framework of legislative activity concerning America's problems abroad to which students of US foreign policy can relate Congress's actions in any era.

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About the Author

Cecil V. Crabb, Jr., professor of political science emeritus at Louisiana State University, is the author of several books, including The Doctrines of American Foreign Policy.

Glenn J. Antizzo is assistant professor of government at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana.

Leila E. Sarieddine is assistant professor of political science at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Synopsis

Identifies and examines recurring patterns of legislative behavior over the span of America's diplomatic experience. Identifies four models of legislative conduct, exploring circumstances that give rise to each pattern and evaluating its positive and negative results for the overall foreign policy of the US. This work is unique in that it focuses o

Edition details

• Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807124443
• ISBN 13: 9780807124444
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 280