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Impact of the Political Context on Foreign Policy Decision‐Making
Author(s) -
Farnham Barbara
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
political psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.419
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-9221
pISSN - 0162-895X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2004.00379.x
Subject(s) - politics , context (archaeology) , foreign policy , foreign policy analysis , action (physics) , affect (linguistics) , decision maker , political action , process (computing) , positive economics , political science , sociology , management science , economics , law , computer science , paleontology , physics , communication , quantum mechanics , biology , operating system
One of the most pressing concerns in the study of international relations today is to develop a systematic account of the impact of domestic politics on foreign policy. This paper argues that domestic politics frequently influences foreign policy through a process of decision‐making that grows out of the decision‐maker's awareness of the requirements for effective action in the political context. It is therefore necessary to develop a theory that can explain how the political context's characteristic features affect decision‐makers’ thinking. In attempting to combine insights culled from the literature on political decision‐making with psychological theories of decision‐making processes, this paper offers a first step toward such a theory.