Does Politics Stop at the Water's Edge? Domestic Political Factors and Foreign Policy Restructuring in the Cases of Great Britain, France, and West Germany

Volgy, Thomas J.; Schwarz, John E.

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“…Foreign policy change is a phenomenon that has received increasing scholarly attention after the Cold War (e.g. Hermann, 1990;Volgy and Schwarz, 1991;Carlsnaes, 1993;Gustavsson, 1999;Kleistra and Mayer, 2001;Niklasson, 2006;Rynhold, 2007). As a consequence of foreign policy change, wars 'may begin or end.…”

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Domestic politics and foreign policy change in small states

Doeser¹

2011

Cooperation and Conflict

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Thearticlesetsouttofurtheranunderstandingofhowdomesticpoliticscanimpactonforeign policychangeinsmallstates.Thecaseofinterestisthechangethatoccurredintheforeignpolicy ofDenmarkwhenitsgovernmentmanagedtoputanendtothe'footnotepolicy'inmid-1988. The main conclusion is that changes in two particular domestic political factors, in terms of politicalpartyoppositionandpublicopposition,facilitatedachangeinforeignpolicyfortheDanish government.Changesinpartyandpublicoppositioncreatedopportunitiesforthegovernment touseforeignpolicychangeasastrategytoincreaseitspoliticalpoweronthedomesticscene. Inthiscaseofforeignpolicychange,domesticpoliticalfactorsandexternalforceswereequally important.

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2011

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“…Scholars have offered a number of different models or theories of foreign policy change for decades (Carlsnaes ; Hermann ; Holsti ; Volgy and Schwarz ), yet critics maintain they often lack clear causal mechanisms (Gustavvson ; Welch ). For example, Hermann () proposes four types of foreign policy change: adjustment changes, program changes, problem/goal changes, or international orientation changes.…”

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Nonproliferation and Norm Discourse: An Agentic Constructivist Model of U.S. Nuclear Export Policy Changes

Lantis

2016

Politics & Policy

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U.S. government claims of support for the global nonproliferation norm sometimes appear contradicted by dramatic changes in its policies regarding support for peaceful nuclear energy programs around the world. This study offers a new accounting of foreign policy decision making relative to global nonproliferation normative architectures as a product of norm-based differences between presidents and congressional leaders over technology sharing. It advances an agentic constructivist model of the export policy process and conducts a plausibility probe of the model through three case studies of export control reform debates. It also examines alternative theory models focused on strategic imperatives, foreign policy change, and neoliberal economics. Case evidence suggests that different alignments in norm stewardship, and the interactions of key agents regarding perceived norm commitments, help account for export policy struggles. These often translate into unique and complex policy outcomes, suggesting the value of contingent models of policy change and international cooperation.

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“…En el actual sistema internacional los rasgos que están predominando son la transnacionalización política, cultural, social y la interdependencia económica.5 En este contexto la frontera entre lo externo y lo interno se ha vuelto cada vez menos distinguible (Putnam, 1988;Volgy y Schwarz, 1991). Estos cambios comportan, en consecuencia, una redefinición de los contenidos de la política exterior, puesto que muchas actividades gubernamentales que tradicionalmente han tenido un carácter preferentemente doméstico hoy tienen una destacada dimensión externa.…”

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“…0 bien, en segundo lugar, estes• factores pueden tener su o.rigen en el sistema politico nacional (Ch. Hermann, 1990;Volgy y Schwarz, 1991;Goldmann, 1982;Ho.Isti, 1991). Nuestra perspectiva explicativa se sima en este ultimo.. Si bien so.mos concientes de La importancia del sistema intemacional, no.s o.cuparemo.s exclusivamente de las fuentes intemas que pueden • originar cambio.s en la politicaexterio.r y de 1a dinamica que adopta este .…”

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las determinantes internas de la política exterior : un tema descuidado en la teoría de la política exterior

Lasagna¹

2011

Estudios Internacionales

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Este trabajo pretende destacar la relevancia de los factores internos en la formacion de la politica exterior. Sin negar la import:aD;;ia de las•detenni~ nantes sistemicas y reconociendo el peso de estas en el comportamiento extemo de los paises, se sima en una posicion que en general los teoricos de la politica exterior :han descuidado: el proceso politico interno de la politic a exterior. Este trabajo, can todo, se concentra fundamentalmente en una de las posibles perspectivas domesticas de la politica exterior, aquella que hace hincapie en el ca,mbio de regimen politico. Desde este enfoque, el autor analiza en que medida el cambio de regimen politico puede afectar el coinportamiento ex.1;erno de los Estados. Luego de examinai algunOs casas concretos, concluye que no obstante 13: import:aD;;ia del cambio de regimen politico como generador de cambios en 1a politica exterior, no existe una linealidad entre estas dos variables. A:S(sei'iala que no se puede a priori determinar una relacion directa entre cada caso particular de cambia de regimen y las posibles variaciones de la politica exterior.

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Does Politics Stop at the Water's Edge? Domestic Political Factors and Foreign Policy Restructuring in the Cases of Great Britain, France, and West Germany

Cited by 27 publications

References 23 publications

Domestic politics and foreign policy change in small states

Domestic politics and foreign policy change in small states

Nonproliferation and Norm Discourse: An Agentic Constructivist Model of U.S. Nuclear Export Policy Changes

las determinantes internas de la política exterior : un tema descuidado en la teoría de la política exterior

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