1. CHAPTER 4 Foreign Policy
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Seventh Edition
Joshua S. Goldstein
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Mapping a Decision
Clarify goals
Order goals
List the alternatives
Investigate consequences
Make a decision
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3. Decision Making as Steering
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Rational Decisions?
Misperceptions
Selective perceptions
Information screens
Optimizing
Satisficing
Group dynamics
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Substate Actors
Bureaucracies
Diplomats
Interagency tensions
Interest groups
The military-industrial complex
Legislatures
Public opinion
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6. Democracy and Foreign Policy
Peace in democracies
Comparing democracies with authoritarian regimes
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