Painful choices a theory of foreign policy change - Welch, David 1960- (Princeton Univ. Press, 2005)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Under what conditions should we expect states to do things radically differently all of a sudden? In this book, David Welch seeks to answer this question, constructing a theory of foreign policy change inspired by organization theory, cognitive and motivational psychology, and prospect theory. He then "test drives" the theory in a series of comparative case studies in the security and trade domains: Argentina's decision to go to war over the Falklands/Malvinas vs. Japan's endless patience with diplomacy in its conflict with Russia over the Northern Territories; America's decision to commit la
Keywords: Internationale Politik; International relations; International relations -- Case studies; Politische Theorie; Außenpolitik; Politischer Wandel; Fallstudiensammlung