Policy entrepreneurs: the third dimension in American foreign-policy culture
A study of the impact the policy entrepreneurs and the academy have on the shaping of U.S. foreign policy especially in regard to U.S. foreign policy toward political Islam. It is shown that although a mingling between the academy and policy-making has taken place the academy remains to be of margin...
| Published in: | Middle East policy |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Blackwell
1997
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Middle East policy
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| Further subjects: | B
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B Decision making B Political interest B Islamic countries B Research B Islam and politics B Vereinigte Staaten Islamische Länder / Islamische Welt Außenpolitik einzelner Staaten Außenpolitische Beratung Research Außenpolitische Entscheidungsfindung Außenpolitische Planung Außenpolitische Interessen Bestimmungsfaktoren der Außenpolitik Islam Islam and politics Enemy image B Political planning B Islam B Political advice B Foreign policy B Cause B Enemy image |
| Summary: | A study of the impact the policy entrepreneurs and the academy have on the shaping of U.S. foreign policy especially in regard to U.S. foreign policy toward political Islam. It is shown that although a mingling between the academy and policy-making has taken place the academy remains to be of marginal importance to U.S. policy making primarily because of its preference to theory. Hence policy entrepreneurs who tend to be more pragmatic have been more dominant in the shaping of U.S. foreign policy. Their analytic results however remain questionable and often are polemic. In order to achieve a change in U.S. policy making the article suggests a "consensual understanding" among the government, the policy entrepreneurs and the academy. (DÜI-Mjr) |
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| ISSN: | 1061-1924 |
| Contains: | In: Middle East policy
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