Originally published in 1990, this book examines and evaluates the lobbying activities of the American Jewish Committee between 1906 and 1917.
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Judith L. Goldstein's scholarly work delves into international political economy, with a specific emphasis on trade politics. Her research explores the political prerequisites for trade liberalization, analyzing both tariff bargaining and public preferences. She also examines how economic hardship influences public opinion through extensive survey panel analysis. Her contributions illuminate the intricate interplay of economics, politics, and public sentiment within the realm of international trade.
- 2023
- 1993
Ideas and Foreign Policy
- 308 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Do people's beliefs help to explain foreign policy decisions, or is political activity better understood as the self-interested behavior of key actors? The collaborative effort of a group of distinguished scholars, this volume breaks new ground in demonstrating how ideas can shape policy, even when actors are motivated by rational self-interest.After an introduction outlining a new framework for approaching the role of ideas in foreign policy making, well-crafted case studies test the approach. The function of ideas as road maps that reduce uncertainty is examined in chapters on human rights, decolonialization, the creation of socialist economies in China and Eastern Europe, and the postwar Anglo-American economic settlement. Discussions of parliamentary ideas in seventeenth-century England and of the Single European Act illustrate the role of ideas in resolving problems of coordination. The process by which ideas are institutionalized is further explored in chapters on the Peace of Westphalia and on German and Japanese efforts to cope with contemporary terrorism.