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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784490603321

Autore

Halperin Morton H

Titolo

Bureaucratic politics and foreign policy [[electronic resource] /] / Morton H. Halperin, Priscilla A. Clapp with Arnold Kanter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8157-3410-7

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (415 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ClappPriscilla

KanterArnold

Disciplina

327.73

Soggetti

Foreign relations administration

United States Foreign relations administration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-378) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Preface; 1.  The ABM Puzzle:  An Introduction to Politics inside Government; 2.  National Security Interests; 3.  Organizational Interests; 4.  Domestic Politics and Presidential Interests; 5.  Interests, Faces, and Stands; 6.  Initiative and Rules; 7.  Planning a Decision Strategy; 8.  Information and Arguments; 9.  Maneuvers to Affect Information; 10.  Uses of the Press; 11.  Involving the President; 12.  Influence and Decisions; 13.  Decisions and Implementation; 14.  Actions in the Field; 15.  Presidential Control; 16.  Congress and Bureaucratic Politics

17.  Back to ABM:  Some Tentative Answers18.  A Complicated Reality; References and Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Analyzes the role played by the federal bureaucracy--civilian career officials, political appointees, and military officers--and Congress in formulating U.S. national security policy, illustrating how bureaucratic maneuvering influences policy decisions and our international relations"--Provided by publisher.