The politics of policy making in defense and foreign affairs : conceptual models and bureaucratic politics
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The politics of policy making in defense and foreign affairs : conceptual models and bureaucratic politics
Prentice Hall, c1993
3rd ed
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  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
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  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
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  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
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  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Systematically examines the different methods (conceptual models) that both policy makers and scholars have used to analyze policy making and events, and then uses each of these different methods to analyze specific case studies.
Table of Contents
I. THE CONCEPTUAL MODELS.
1. The Case Studies.
2. Counterarguments.
3. The Classical Model Analyzed: A Black Box.
4. Pink, Purple, Brown, and Blue Boxes.
5. Opening Up the Boxes.
6. The Nature of Politics.
7. The Political Process Model Applied.
II. THE INNER RING OF POWER.
8. Electing the President.
9. The President's Role and Power.
10. The President's Staff and Advisers.
11. The Political Appointees.
12. The Congress.
13. The Bureaucrats.
III. THE SECOND RING OF POWER.
14. Interest Groups.
15. The Press and Television.
IV. THE OUTER RING OF POWER.
16. Public Opinion.
17. The Electorate.
V. THE OUTPUTS OF POWER.
18. Foreign Affairs.
19. Defense Policy.
VI. WHERE NEXT?
20. Can the American System Cope?
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