Painful Choices : A Theory of Foreign Policy Change /

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Japan's endless patience with diplomacy in its conflict with Russia over the Northern Territories; America's decision to commit large-scale military force to Vietnam vs. its ultimate decision to withdraw; and Canada's two abortive flirtations with free trade with the United States in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Welch, David A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2005.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Au€enpolitik.
Theorie
Wandel
Aussenpolitik
International relations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Globalization.
international relations.
Relations internationales > Études de cas.
Relations internationales.
International relations > Case studies.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Japan's endless patience with diplomacy in its conflict with Russia over the Northern Territories; America's decision to commit large-scale military force to Vietnam vs. its ultimate decision to withdraw; and Canada's two abortive flirtations with free trade with the United States in 1911 and 1948 vs. its embrace of free trade in the late 1980s."--Jacket
"Under what conditions should we expect states to do things radically differently all of a sudden? In this book, David Welch seeks to answer this question, constructing a theory of foreign policy change inspired by organization theory, cognitive and motivational psychology, and prospect theory. He then "test drives" the theory in a series of comparative case studies in the security and trade domains: Argentina's decision to go to war over the Falklands/Malvinas vs.
Physical Description:1 online resource (288 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781400840748

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