Adaptation as a Framework for the Analysis of Foreign Policy Behavior

Petersen, Nikolaj

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“…Refinement and empirical tests of theoretical ideas developed elsewhere. A case in point is the amplification and application of the "adaptation" concept, originally suggested by James Rosenau, by Danish scholars (Petersen 1977;Mouritzen 1988). Treatment of aspects of external behavior neglected in conventional foreign policy analysis.…”

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International Politics: Scandinavian Identity Amidst American Hegemony?

Jönsson

1993

Scand Pol Stud

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International politics is often portrayed as a hegemonic discipline, dominated by US scholarship. Exploring the consequences of recent upheavals in world affairs for international politics research, the article suggests that the end of the cold war has exposed certain weaknesses in the US center which may be turned into advantages for the Scandinavian periphery. Specifically, Scandinavian researchers do not share the American preoccupation with theories predicated on bilateral and symmetrical relationships. Moreover, they are more prone to focus on subnational actors, they are more embedded in political science, they are generalists rather than specialists, their primary role is that of being observers rather than advisers, and they are in a better position to escape from the entrapment of an ahistorical currentevents approach. In conclusion, foreign policy analysis. negotiation studies. and research on international cooperation are singled out as areas where Scandinavians have been successful and where their relative success can be accounted for, at least in part, by an ability to capitalize on the comparative advantages identified.

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International Politics: Scandinavian Identity Amidst American Hegemony?

Jönsson

1993

Scand Pol Stud

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“…En beslaegtet tankegang ligger i teorien om adaptation (: tilpasning; Petersen, 1977) og dens skelnen mellem fire overordnede udenrigspolitiske modes (: handle måder): dominanspolitik, balancepolitik, acquiescent (: tilpasnings-)politik og quiescent (: at ligge død-)politik. Disse modes bestemmes af to hovedvariabler, dels aktørens eksterne indflydelseskapacitet, dvs.…”

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Danmark som international aktør 705-2005

Petersen¹

2005

politica

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Et essay Op gennem historien har Danmark vaeret en vedvarende, men meget forskelligartet aktør på den europaeiske scene, hvilket afspejler det saerdeles varierende handlerum, Danmark har haft. De danske vikinger kunne ekspandere mod vest, mens middelalderens danske konger rettede blikket mod øst og nord. Sveriges opstigning til dominerende Østersømagt omkring 1600 tvang Danmark ind i en rolle som kun en mellemstor magt, der med et vist held praktiserede neutralitet i 1700-tallet. Napoleonskrigene førte til, at Norge måtte afstås til Sverige, og neder laget i de slesvigske krige gjorde Danmark til småstat, hvilket satte sit praeg på det 20. århund redes danske sikkerhedspolitik. Trods eksistenskriser er det mest slående ved Danmark landets 1300 år lange og ubrudte tilstedevaerelse som international aktør.

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“…In the short to medium term, strategies are likely to evolve on the basis of decision-makers', possibly erroneous, perceptions of their country's position in the IC-SS space, but in the longer run the 'objective' position is likely to be decisive (cf. Petersen, 1977).…”

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“…the internal environment) and their external environment in order to secure an adequate functioning of societal structures in a situation of growing interdependence. The theory, originally proposed by James Rosenau (1970), has subsequently been developed, mainly by Hansen (1974), Petersen (1977Petersen ( , 1979Petersen ( , 1989, and Mouritzen (1988). It has been applied both to the explanation of national security policy (Petersen, 1979;Mouritzen, 1988) and national integration policy (Hansen, 1974;Mouritzen, 1996).…”

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National Strategies in the Integration Dilemma: An Adaptation Approach

Petersen

1998

J of Common Market Studies

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The article attempts to fill a lacuna in integration theory by developing a theory of national integration policy. It argues that integrating states face an integration dilemma, which they handle by various coping strategies. The article applies adaptation theory to explore these strategies and the general policy modes in which they are embedded. It argues that balancing, i.e. a 'give and take' approach, is the most likely policy mode, but that other defensive or offensive strategies may also be used. The argument is illustrated by an analysis of Denmark's integration policy.

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Adaptation as a Framework for the Analysis of Foreign Policy Behavior

Cited by 27 publications

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International Politics: Scandinavian Identity Amidst American Hegemony?

International Politics: Scandinavian Identity Amidst American Hegemony?

Danmark som international aktør 705-2005

National Strategies in the Integration Dilemma: An Adaptation Approach

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