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Foreign Policy and the Bureaucratic Process : The State Department's Country Director System /

In 1966, the Department of State attempted to strengthen the working level of its geographic bureaus through the establishment of ""Country Directors"" charged with government-wide leadership and coordination of policy matters concerning individual foreign countries. Through exte...

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Autor principal: Bacchus, William I., 1940- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1974.
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505 0 |a Tables ; Charts ; Abbreviations ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction; One The Context of Foreign Policymaking; Policy Making, Decision Making, and Problem Solving ; Concepts of Choice: Rationalityvs. ""Muddling Through""; The Policy Process: A Simple Model; Process Characteristics; The Individual Actor; Two The Country Director Idea: Origins and Development; The Organizational Milieu: State's Geographic Bureaus; The Country Director System: Antecedents; The Country Director System: Beginnings; The Country Directors: A Brief Introduction; Three The Emerging Role of the Country Director 
505 0 |a An Overview of Role AnalysisResidual Role Components; Formal Prescriptions and Instructions; Informal Role Elements; Four One Actor among Many: The Country Director in the Foreign Affairs Community ; The Vertical Pattern: The Country Director as State Department Official; The Horizontal Pattern: The Country Director as Interagency Coordinator; Two Embassies and Two Functions: Conflict and Balance; Conclusion; Five The Country Director in the Policy Process: Points of Impact; Problem Discovery and Formulation ; Selection of Participants ; Control of Information ; Search for Alternatives 
505 0 |a Adjustment and Analysis Closure ; Crisis and Noncrisis Situations ; Constraints ; Six Individuals and the System; The FSO as Country Director ; Country Director Perspectives ; Personal Satisfaction; Seven The Country Director Experiment: Some Perspectives on Attempted Organizational Change; How Change Begins; The Implementation of Change; Change in Organizations; Eight The Country Directors Future: Survival, Modification, or Extinction?; Evaluation: How Good Is the System?; Prescription: Some Possible Modifications; Prospects: The Clouded Future; Nine Conclusion; Role Strength 
505 0 |a Leadership and Coordination in the Policy Process: Larger IssuesA. A Profile of Country Directors: Background and Experience; B. Country Director Areas of Responsibility (Jan. 1, 1974); C. Methodology; Select Bibliography; Index 
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