TY - CHAP
T1 - Foreign policy decision-making
T2 - a practical guide for the FPDM-curious
AU - Beasley, Ryan
PY - 2025/6/17
Y1 - 2025/6/17
N2 - International Relations scholars are often curious about foreign policy decision-making (FPDM) approaches, but the sub-field can seem confusing. This practical guide organises research around agents and their perceptions, decision-making units and their dynamics, and the ever-present concern with the effects of situation and context. Covering both classic works as well as cutting-edge research on emotions, motivations, and time, this review works to make the sub-field of FPDM accessible to IR scholars whose work might benefit from understanding its numerous perspectives, frameworks, and ongoing challenges.
AB - International Relations scholars are often curious about foreign policy decision-making (FPDM) approaches, but the sub-field can seem confusing. This practical guide organises research around agents and their perceptions, decision-making units and their dynamics, and the ever-present concern with the effects of situation and context. Covering both classic works as well as cutting-edge research on emotions, motivations, and time, this review works to make the sub-field of FPDM accessible to IR scholars whose work might benefit from understanding its numerous perspectives, frameworks, and ongoing challenges.
KW - Decision-making
KW - Agency
KW - Perceptions
KW - Leaders
KW - Processes
KW - Time
UR - https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785366130
UR - https://discover.libraryhub.jisc.ac.uk/search?isn=9781785366123&rn=1
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105019845988
U2 - 10.4337/9781785366130.00035
DO - 10.4337/9781785366130.00035
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781785366123
T3 - Elgar handbooks in political science
SP - 387
EP - 403
BT - Handbook of international relations
A2 - Thies, Cameron G.
PB - Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
CY - Cheltenham
ER -