Product Description

Widely considered to be a definitive work on how U.S. foreign policy is made, THE POLITICS OF UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY uses three levels of analysis that demonstrate how government, society, and the historical-global environment all impact policymaking. Appropriate for those professors who want to teach a course that emphasizes process, the text blends substance, history, and theory in a lively narrative that is comprehensive, accessible, and informative. This new fifth edition is streamlined and updated and includes coverage of the 2008 elections, the new Congress, the global economic crisis, updates on the Iraq War, and the Obama administration's foreign policy.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #444022 in Books
• Published on: 2010-01-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 544 pages

Review
"The detailed analysis of the institutional environment and policymaking process make this book superior to any other text on the market in this regard." --Matthew C. Zierler, Michigan State University.

"One clear strength of the book is the way it integrates theory with practice--not only by including chapter 10 but also by references to conceptual and theoretical material throughout the narrative. This makes the text useful for students because they can begin to make some of these connections for themselves and it enhances its use as a teaching tool." --John Creed, College of Charleston

About the Author
Jerel A. Rosati is Professor of Political Science and International Studies at the University of South Carolina. His area of specialization is the theory and practice of foreign policy, focusing on the United States policymaking process, decision-making theory, and the political psychological study of human cognition. He is the author and editor of five books and over forty articles and chapters and has received numerous outstanding teaching awards. In addition to his work at the University of South Carolina, Professor Rosati has been Visiting Professor at Somalia National University in Mogadishu and Visiting Scholar at China's Foreign Affairs College in Beijing, a Research Associate in the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division of the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress, President of the International Studies Association's Foreign Policy Analysis Section, and President of the Southern region of the International Studies Association. Professor Rosati was also the original Program Director and Academic Director of a U.S. Department of State Fulbright American Studies Institute on U.S. Foreign Policy for 18 scholar-practitioners from all over the world, and remains active in the Institute (now in its fifth year). He has also been awarded and participated in a number of instructional grants at the state and federal level (usually through the U.S. Department of State), and in this capacity as Academic Director, Field Director, and/or Project Director, has taught students and scholars from all over the world, including Bulgarians, Chinese, Israelis and Palestinians, Somalis, and students in the Master's of International Business program at the University of South Carolina.

James M. Scott is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Oklahoma State University. His areas of specialization include foreign policy analysis and international relations, with particular emphasis on U.S. foreign policymaking and the domestic sources of foreign policy. He is author or editor of four books, over 40 articles, book chapters, review essays, and other publications. He has been President of the Foreign Policy Analysis section and President of the Midwest region of the International Studies Association?where he has also served as conference organizer for both sections and has been a two-time winner of the Klingberg Award for Outstanding Faculty Paper at the ISA Midwest Annual Meeting. Since 1996, he has received over two dozen awards from students and peers for his outstanding teaching and research, including his institution's highest awards for scholarship in 2000 and 2001. Since 2005, he has been Director of the Democracy and World Politics Summer Research Program, a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates.

Customer Reviews

Semi-engaging at survey level
This textbook is fine...but not recommended for anyone who already possesses a good amount of knowledge on the subject. It is quite rudimentary and repeats itself A LOT!!!