POLI 2057 Chapter : Poli 2057 9 30 Foreign Policy Domestic Decision Making
Document Summary
Foreign policy strategies governments use to guide their actions in the international arena . Foreign policy process how policies are arrived at and implemented : rational model of decision making. Rational process: clarity goals, rank order goals, list alternatives, choose best result. Relies on established procedures (standard operating procedures) Set of rules which dictate how and at what level decisions are made. Advantages and disadvantages versus rational model: government bargaining model. Results may reflect compromises between competing interests. Individual heterogeneity: differing values and beliefs, different personalities. Deviations from rational model: misperceptions and selective perceptions. Information screens: affective bias, cognitive bias, group psychology.
