Choosing to lead : understanding Congressional foreign policy entrepreneurs / Ralph G. Carter and James M. Scott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carter, Ralph G.

Contributor:

Scott, James M., 1964-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

e-Duke books scholarly collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Government executives--United States.

Government executives.

Political entrepreneurship--United States--History--20th century.

Political entrepreneurship.

Political entrepreneurship--United States--History--21st century.

United States--Foreign relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Assesses Congress's role in U.S. foreign policy making, focusing on congressional foreign policy "entrepreneurs" who try to either change or create new foreign policies without specific prompting from the executive branch.

Contents:

Beyond the White House : bringing Congress into the foreign policy picture

From problem to policy : a theory of Congressional foreign policy entrepreneurship

Surveying the landscape : Congressional foreign policy entrepreneurs since World War II

The rising tide : entrepreneurship in the Cold War consensus period, 1946/1967

Players in the game : entrepreneurship in the cold war dissensus period, 1968/1989

Contending with the thaw : entrepreneurship in the post/Cold War period, 1990/2000

After 9/11 : entrepreneurs into the 21st century

Part of the landscape : conclusions on the entrepreneur effect.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613035790

9781283035798

1283035790

9780822390909

0822390906

OCLC:

1143643642