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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halperin, Morton H.

Contributor:

Clapp, Priscilla.

Kanter, Arnold.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign relations administration.

United States--Foreign relations administration.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (415 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

9780815734109

0815734107

OCLC:

476021185