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The aim of this article is to demonstrate how a relational concept of power can benefit Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA). It begins by drawing attention to the fact that Japan's foreign policy has been portrayed rather enigmatically in terms of power, & by arguing that such an enigma stems from the fact that FPA has borrowed the concept of power of much International Relations (IR) theory, i.e. one that puts power on a par with capability. With a point of departure in Steven Lukes' relational concept of power, the article then conceptualizes an alternative perspective. By applying the ensuing 'relational power analysis' to two 'significant' issues in Japan's China policy, namely the negotiations for bilateral investment protection & interaction over the disputed Pinnacle (Senkaku or Diaoyu) Islands, the article demonstrates that Japan's foreign policy can be portrayed more intelligibly in terms of power, & thereby also how power could be treated in FPA in the first place. 1 Table, 145 References. [Reprinted by permission; copyright 2005 Sage Publications Ltd. & ECPR-European Consortium for Political Research.]

'Vor dem Hintergrund der Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands, des Zusammenbruchs des äußeren und inneren Imperiums der UdSSR und schließlich des Endes des Kalten Krieges untersucht diese Studie die Praxis der sowjetischen Außenpolitik in den Jahren 1985 bis 1991. Angesichts der dramatischen Realität versucht sie die von verschiedenen Wissenschaftlern geforderte Mehrebenen-Analyse anzuwenden. Sie stellt: 1. die sowjetische Außenpolitik dieser Jahre dar und versucht 2. deren Logik auf der Folie von Elementen des neuen Denkens, der Faktoren von Glasnost und Perestrojka sowie - last but not least - von Institutionen und Personen nachzugehen.' (Autorenreferat)

French foreign policy in the 1960's seemed unique because it was dominated by the anachronistic ideals of Charles de Gaulle. Edward L. Morse argues that in fact the foreign policies of all highly modernized states are so similar that they can be described and explained by a general theory of interdependence. He uses France as a case study of his theory, and shows that what makes French foreign policy in this period so fascinating is the way in which the behavior of the President brought into sharp focus the problems interdependence poses for nation-states.The book is divided into two parts. The first develops the theory of the conduct of foreign policy in any highly modernized society. The second part tests the theory by examining such characteristics of French foreign policy as: the erosion of the distinction between foreign and domestic affairs; the constraints put on foreign policy by the growth of international economic interdependence, which has also affected the autonomy of decision-making in a purely national context; the increased importance of foreign economic policy; the questioning of governmental priorities in foreign affairs; and the emergence of crisis management and manipulation as part of the routine procedures of foreign policy operations. Edward L. Morse's work is valuable both for the theory it offers and because it gives a balanced view of foreign policy in an important period in recent French history.Originally published in 1973.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905

Feminist Perspectives on Canadian Foreign Policy, Claire Turenne
Sjolander, Heather A. Smith and Deborah Steinstra, eds., Toronto: Oxford
University Press, 2003, pp. xiv, 246This timely must-read collection of fourteen essays is a welcomed
addition to a growing body of feminist Canadian foreign policy literature.
It is an accessible collection which challenges traditional Canadian
foreign policy analyses (including feminist ones) by deploying feminist
approaches and presenting feminist foreign policy (re-)formulations. Each
author carefully explains relevant feminist theory or scholarship to link
tightly their theoretical arguments with their case studies.

Although it is natural to consider the development of the comparative approach known as Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA) as the most obvious source of theories of foreign policy behaviour, it is important to remember that all perspectives on the subject of international relations contain statements about foreign policy. Historically this has been the case because virtually all approaches to the study of international relations took the state to be the central actor. Thus, approaches as diverse as those concentrating on political economy, international society and Marxism have all included a notion of what the state is and how its foreign policy results, regardless of the way in which policy might be defined. Theories of foreign policy are therefore intrinsic to theories of international relations, even for those who deny the centrality of the state as an actor in international society.

'In diesem Bericht werden die unterschiedlichen ethnokulturellen und regionalen Einstellungen zur Außenpolitik in der Ukraine analysiert, und es wird aufgezeigt, wie sie sich in der außenpolitischen Orientierung der politischen Hauptakteure niederschlagen, insbesondere angesichts der Präsidentschaftswahlen im Oktober 1999: Die Hauptthese lautet, daß diese Unterschiede nicht unüberwindbar sind und die ukrainische Gesellschaft bei erfolgreichen Wirtschaftsreformen einen wesentlichen Impuls zur politischen und geopolitischen Konsolidierung erhielte. Angesichts der kritischen Reaktion der Öffentlichkeit in der Ukraine auf das Vorgehen der NATO im Kosovo wird den Einstellungen der Wähler sowie der Eliten gegenüber der NATO und dem Einfluß des Kosovo-Konflikts hierauf besondere Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt.' (Textauszug)

Conventional wisdom holds that women are more peace-loving or more pacific than men. Most of our knowledge about the gender gap in foreign policy attitudes originates from the United States, but it cannot be taken for granted that these results can be generalized to other countries. This article examines gender differences in foreign policy attitudes in Denmark; it discusses the systemic factors behind such gender differences as well as the systemic factors that cause foreign policy attitudes to influence elections. By the 1980s a clear gender gap in foreign policy attitudes had developed in Denmark. Several explanations for this gender gap are examined in the article: the theory about women's greater distance to foreign policy, the theory about specific women's values, and the theory about the political and feminist radicalization of women. The article concludes that Denmark's gender gap in foreign policy attitudes in Denmark in the late 1980s was due primarily to a general left-wing mobilization of women. Paradoxically, however, this development also seems linked to a revitalization of traditional women's values. The discussion of the systemic causes of the gender gap and of its election impact centers around three factors: the salience of foreign policy, the political mobilization of women, and the available political alternatives in a given election.

This reference work is composed of original chapters written specifically to the following themes: research traditions and historical experience; theoretical perspectives; EU actors; state actors; societal actors; the politics of European foreign policy; bilateral relations; relations with multilateral institutions; individual policies; and transnational challenges