Year: 2006
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Current approaches to foreign policy decision making and international conflict\nhave ignored the role of emotions as variables influencing foreign policy choices.\nHowever, a growing area of political research suggests that emotions are of critical\nimportance to many aspects of political life. Predominant foreign policy decision making\nmodels currently attend to either rational calculations or ‘cold’ cognitive processes and\nheuristics. These models provide little theoretical space for propositions about how\nenduring and intense emotions such as hatred and fear influence perceptions and\ninterpretations of interstate conflict. In this paper we propose a model which addresses\nthis deficiency in foreign policy decision making research. A theory of emotions is\nintroduced and integrated into the existing research on foreign policy decision making.\nHypotheses pertaining to the influence of negative emotions on information processing\nand choice in international relations are derived from the model and tested in a multimethod\nsetting. Findings are reported and discussed within the framework of existing\nempirical research on process-oriented models of foreign policy decision making.
Author: J. Mark Skorick
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2277794576