The Dynamics of Foreign Policymaking: The President, the Congress, and the Panama Canal Treaties

ISBN-13: 9780367306854 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 263 str.

William L. Furlong; Margaret E. Scranton

Opis

This book explains the making of the 1977 Panama Canal Treaties, looking at the interaction of executive and congressional policymaking, the domestic politics of the ratification campaign, and the international dynamics of superpower-small power relations.

Spis treści

Westview Replica Editions -- Preface -- Introduction and Analysis -- From Conception and Construction to the New Treaties -- Why Change Panama Canal Policy? -- Assessing Executive Impact: Presidents, their Administrations, and the Treaties -- Congress and the Treaties -- Implementation Legislation and Impacts -- Explanations, Costs, and Conclusions -- Appendix A -- Texts of Treaties Relating to the Panama Canal

O autorze

William L. Furlong is associate professor of political science at Utah State University. Margaret E. Scranton is associate professor of political science at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.