Political Opposition and Foreign Policy in Comparative Perspective

by Joe D. Hagan

Political explanations in comparative foreign policy research typically centre on the assumption that foreign policy decision-makers in democratic regimes are far more politically constrained than are their counterparts in authoritarian polities. Disputing this assumption, Professor Hagan draws on case studies of the politics of foreign policy in a variety of non-US settings to develop direct measures of actual political opposition and thus to capture its pervasiveness across all types of political systems.

274 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1993