Painful Choices: A Theory of Foreign Policy Change

by David A. Welch

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691123403
• ISBN13: 9780691123400
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"