Klappentext National Choices and International Processes will be of interest to students and specialists in foreign policy and international relations theory. Zusammenfassung National Choices and International Processes brings together for the first time the various conflicting approaches to the study of foreign policy decision-making under a single theoretical framework. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1. Toward a theory of international processes; 2. Foreign policy decision making: assumptions and characterization of the approach; 3. The inputs of decision making: identification and conceptualization; 4. The essential mathematics of inputs; 5. Models of the decision process; 6. A formal characterization of decision processes; 7. A theory of foreign policy decision making; 8. The analysis of international outcomes; 9. The evolution of international processes; 10. Individual preferences, national choices, and international systems; References; Name index; Subject index.

Zusammenfassung
National Choices and International Processes brings together for the first time the various conflicting approaches to the study of foreign policy decision-making under a single theoretical framework.

Inhalt

List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1. Toward a theory of international processes; 2. Foreign policy decision making: assumptions and characterization of the approach; 3. The inputs of decision making: identification and conceptualization; 4. The essential mathematics of inputs; 5. Models of the decision process; 6. A formal characterization of decision processes; 7. A theory of foreign policy decision making; 8. The analysis of international outcomes; 9. The evolution of international processes; 10. Individual preferences, national choices, and international systems; References; Name index; Subject index.