In seeking to test the conventional wisdom that foreign ministries are 'in decline', the contributors to this book examine the role and status of foreign ministries in twelve countries together with their place within the European Union. Valuable information on the response of the foreign policy machinery to change at both the domestic and international levels is provided as are important insights into the linkages between foreign policy and the mechanisms through which it is conducted. This book will be essential reading for those concerned with foreign policy-making in the post-Cold War era as well as those interested in the evolving machinery of government in its broader context.

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BRIAN HOCKING is Professor of International Relations at Coventry University. His publications include Localizing Foreign Policy: Multilayered Diplomacy, Non-central Governments (Macmillan, 1993) and (with Michael Smith) Beyond Foreign Economic Policy: the United States, the Single European Market and the Changing World Economy (Pinter, 1997).