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Foreign Policy and the Democratic Process *
Author(s) -
Carlsnaes Walter
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
scandinavian political studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-9477
pISSN - 0080-6757
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9477.1981.tb00416.x
Subject(s) - comparability , democracy , foreign policy , process (computing) , politics , political science , democratic system , positive economics , political economy , economic system , sociology , economics , mathematics , law , computer science , combinatorics , operating system
In this paper one of the classical questions in the study of politics will be pursued, viz., whether foreign policy decisions are made in a less democratic manner than policies pertaining to the domestic sphere of fully industrialized and democratic states; and if so, how to account for such a condition. These two queries will be examined in terms of three topics, each of which is explored in a preliminary fashion: (a) the characteristic dimensions of the democratic process; (b) the problems of policy comparability across sectorial boundaries; and (c) possible explanatory hypotheses regarding sectorial variances in the democratic process.