American Foreign Policy Making and the Democratic Dilemmas

Preface. 1. Foreign Policy in a Democracy. 2. Presidential Preeminence in the Making of Foreign Policy. 3. The Presidency and Executive-Legislative Relations. 4. Congress: How Silent a Partner? 5. The Fourth Circle I: Public Opinion. 6. The Fourth Circle II: Elections, Political Parties, and the Media. 7. The Fourth Circle III: Local Activists and Interest Groups. 8. The Rational Actor Model and Crisis Decisions. 9. The Bureaucratic Politics Model and Noncrisis Decisions. 10. Balancing the Scales? Further Readings. Index.Spanier, John W. is the author of 'American Foreign Policy Making and the Democratic Dilemmas' with ISBN 9780024142016 and ISBN 0024142018.