Routledge Handbook of American Foreign Policy by Steven W. Hook & Christopher M. Jones

Author:Steven W. Hook & Christopher M. Jones [Hook, Steven W. & Jones, Christopher M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Political Science, International Relations, General
ISBN: 9780415800884
Google: vOWoQQAACAAJ
Goodreads: 8310114
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011-08-31T00:00:00+00:00

Conclusion

There is a set of U.S. offices and agencies, separate from the NSC and the Department of State, that constitute a foreign economic bureaucracy or (this author’s earlier phrase) “economic complex.” Scholarly study of these institutions has been significant but limited, perhaps because scholarly fashion was turning away from institutional studies just as the foreign economic bureaucracy was emerging. Individual analysts have tended to view them through their own particular analytic lenses, such as international political economy and rational choice. This chapter has therefore centered on analytic description of the foreign economic bureaucracy and how it has evolved.

Scholars could and should do more. In particular, one would like to see more academics spending time in Washington interviewing international economic policy officials about how they address issues within their domains—who they work with, who counts, who pressures them from outside and on what, where they believe they are successful and where they find their work frustrating and inadequate. Those who study international economic issues should also emulate their international security peers and seek opportunities to spend time within government—there “participant observation” (Fenno 1978) is likely to bring new and unexpected insights. Such research could well uncover patterns of policy making that have real impact on policy outcomes.

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