Theory and practice in foreign policy-making : national perspectives on academics and professionals in international relations
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Theory and practice in foreign policy-making : national perspectives on academics and professionals in international relations
Pinter Publishers , Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by St. Martin's Press, 1994
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Academics and professionals in international relations
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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The discipline of international relations has, in recent years, become separated from political science, the latter becoming viewed primarily as a study of government and domestic politics. At the same time, international relations has been experiencing uncertainty, firstly with the multi-paradigmatic structure of the disciple, and secondly, with the new wave of post-behavioural theorists questioning the utility of the discipline. By analyzing, in a comparative framework, the relationship between academics and practitioners in foreign policy, this volume contributes to the current debates about the future role of international relations in a world increasingly characterized by interdependence and by a reduction in traditional notions of sovereignty. The book investigates the subject on a number of levels. At one level there is a normative and philosophical analysis; what should the relationship be? The traditional liberal perspective is articulated, followed by prescription as seen from post-modernist and critical theoretical positions. Thereafter, a number of empirical-descriptive country studies follow, including Germany, Holland, Austria, Sweden, Russia and the USA.
Finally, there is a comparatice chapter that puts the diversity into comparative perspective.
Table of Contents
- Relating knowledge and power, Michel Girard
- academics and professionals - association or disassociation, Keith Webb
- critical theory, postmodernism and praxis, Stephen Chan
- the diffusion of knowledge - the German case, Wolf-Dieter Eberwein
- the uncertainty of influence - France, Michel Girard
- experts and advisors - Netherlands, Philip Everts
- academics and professionals - the British experience, Keith Webb
- institutions, roles and role perception - the Swedish example, Bertyl Nygren
- bridging the gap - the Austrian case, Franz Quendler
- the lessons of dependency - from the Soviet Union to Russia, Ivan G. Tyulin
- the American experience - a critical analysis, James N. Rosenau
- academics and professionals - a comparative perspective, Wolf-Dieter Eberwein.
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