The Politics of United States Foreign Policy - Softcover

Rosati, Jerel A.; Scott, James M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1133602150 ISBN 13: 9781133602156

Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co, 2013

Synopsis

Unusual book

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Review:

" after presenting the theoretical framework for studying foreign policy in Chapter 1, the authors comprehensively cover U.S. history in that area over five defined periods. Second, the Rosati-Scott book's utilization of the three themes--but particularly the democracy v. national security dichotomy--provides a basis for diverse, non-traditional assessments and exercises."

"It is really the best single source on all aspects of the policy process."

"THE POLITICS OF UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY is the best text available for understanding the structure and function of government departments and agencies and branches as they strive to implement American foreign policy."

"This is the single best textbook for one-stop shopping on the making of American foreign policy after 9/11, not just for American students, but for students around the world who want to understand the processes behind American policies that profoundly affect their own countries and the world at large."

"Compared to its competitors, THE POLITICS OF UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY offers the most thorough and exhaustive overview of the institutional settings of American foreign policy."

..".after presenting the theoretical framework for studying foreign policy in Chapter 1, the authors comprehensively cover U.S. history in that area over five defined periods. Second, the Rosati-Scott book's utilization of the three themes--but particularly the democracy v. national security dichotomy--provides a basis for diverse, non-traditional assessments and exercises."

About the Author:

Jerel A. Rosati is Professor of Political Science and International Studies at the University of South Carolina. His area of specialization is the theory and practice of foreign policy, focusing on the U.S. policymaking process, bureaucratic politics and decision-making theory, and the political psychological study of political leaders and human cognition. He is the author and editor of five books and over seventy articles and chapters. The recipient of numerous outstanding teaching awards, Prof. Rosati has been a Fulbright Senior Specialist and/or a Visiting Scholar in Colombia at the University of Los Andes in Bogota, Armenia at the Institute of Democracy & Human Rights in Yerevan, Argentina at the University of San Andreas in Buenos Aires, at Somalia National University in Mogadishu, and at China's Foreign Affairs College in Beijing. He also served as a research associate in the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division of the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress, president of the International Studies Association's Foreign Policy Analysis Section, and president of the Southern region of the International Studies Association. In 2002 he was the principal investigator, program director and academic director of a six-week U.S. Department of State Fulbright American Studies Institute on U.S. Foreign Policy for 18 scholars-practitioners from all over the world. In addition, he has been awarded and participated in a number of grants since 1984 as academic director, field director, and/or project director where he has taught-trained students, scholars, and practitioners from around the world, including Argentineans, Armenians, Bulgarians, Chinese, Colombians, Israelis and Palestinians, and Somalis.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1133602150
• ISBN 13: 9781133602156
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 507