Political Leadership in Foreign Policy: Manipulating Support Across Borders

ISBN-13: 9781403969491 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 229 str.

Andrea K. Grove

Opis

Challenging the standard views that individual leaders either have all the power or little room to move in the making of foreign policy, this book demonstrates generalizable ways that leaders succeed by manipulating elements of their domestic and international environments. Exploring leaders' strategic moves in comparative case studies of Pakistan and the "war on terror," the 1991 Persian Gulf War, the Northern Ireland conflict, the transition from apartheid in South Africa, and Zimbabwe's current crisis demonstrates similar dynamics of the policy process. As these cases reveal, leaders not only interpret the situation in which they find themselves but often manipulate it, framing elements of their domestic and international environments to their audiences, drawing attention, involving new actors, instigating issue linkage. With this intriguing array of contemporary cases of leadership in international relations, the author shows that a grasp of the "intermestic" policy process is essential to any understanding of policymaking in a globalized world.

Recenzje

"Andrea K. Grove has produced an innovative framework for helping us understand the vital role of leadership in foreign policy. Her focus on leadership strategies deftly combines creative IR theorizing with solid comparative case studies, resulting in a persuasive, genuinely cross-national work of foreign policy scholarship. The book's accessible style and clearly articulated theoretical argument will be welcomed by student and scholar alike. Political Leadership in Foreign Policy is a refreshing and engaging contribution to the field."

-Brian Ripley, Department of Political Science, Mercyhurst College

"In an interdependent world in which political leaders often find themselves at the mercy of events beyond their control, Grove identifies four recurring strategies by which successful leaders generate support for their policy ideas. Using cases involving Pakistan, South Africa, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Zimbabwe, her innovative study is a 'must read' for those in leadership positions as well as by the academics who study them. Political Leadership in Foreign Policy is a significant addition to the field of leadership studies, as it offers strategic guidance for all organizational leaders."

-Ralph G. Carter, Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, Texas Christian University

"Grove successfully chooses a set of very significant actors in wide-ranging recent and current world events - this book will satisfy students' interests in post-Cold War leaders. Each chapter skillfully analyzes how leaders interpret and manipulate both domestic and international constraints, leading off with the question, 'How did they interpret and meet the obstacles confronting them?' The case chapters answer these questions in a very well-presented, easy-to-read common framework with an attention to research strategies and a grounding in cutting-edge scholarship."

-Juliet Kaarbo, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Kansas

Spis treści

Leadership in Foreign Policy Forcing Peace: John Hume's "Long Struggle" in Northern Ireland, 1982-1998 From the Outside In: George H.W. Bush and the Persian Gulf War, August 1990 - January 1991 Resisting Change: Mugabe against the People's Struggle in Zimbabwe, 1998-2005 The South African "Miracle:" Mandela's Struggle in a Globalized Transition, 1985-1994 Pakistan's Musharraf: The War on Terror and Fueling the Jihad, 2001-2005 Concluding Observations

O autorze

Andrea K. Grove is Associate Professor of Political Science at California State University-Channel Islands. Dr. Grove's research interests include foreign policy and conflict resolution, and she conducts field work in Northern Ireland and South Africa. Her work has been published in several professional journals, including International Studies Quarterly, Foreign Policy Analysis, International Studies Review, Political Psychology, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, and International Politics.