Foreign Policy in a Transformed World provides an in-depth introduction to foreign policy analysis, looking at the role of foreign policy within contemporary international politics.
The overall theme of the text is the study of foreign policy in relation to change and transofrmation, providing conceptual frameworks and applications for use in a variety of learning contexts and situating the study of foreign policy within the broader development of world politics and the world political economy: * introduces the main frameworks for the analysis of foreign policy, linking these to the study and development of world politics generally * applies the frameworks to contemporary foreign policies, providing not only a test of the frameworks themselves but also the basis for comparative work by students * takes into account the distinctive nature of world politics in the post Cold War era, whilst providing an introduction to traditional themes in the study of foreign policy * gives a consistent structure to the case studies examined, whilst allowing for the treatment of distinctive features and trends in each of the case studies * provides the basis for active learning by students, through the provision of guides to further reading and resources, and appropriate questions for discussion and investigation Dr Mark Webber is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Loughborough University.Professor Michael Smith is Jean Monnet Professor of European Politics at Loughborough University.