Böcker av Derek Beach

Genuinely international in scope and drawing on a wide range of examples from around the world, this important new text provides an accessible introduction to the key elements of foreign policy analysis. Analyzing Foreign Policy examines the wide range of factors that explain why states and other actors behave in the way they do.

In this comprehensive introduction to causal case study methods, Derek Beach, Rasmus Brun Pedersen, and their co-authors delineate the ontological and epistemological differences among these methods, offer suggestions for determining the appropriate methods for a given research project, and explain the step-by-step application of selected methods.

Introduces a refined definition of process tracing, differentiating it into three distinct variants and explaining the applications for and limitations of each. The authors develop the underlying logic of process tracing, including how one should understand causal mechanisms and how Bayesian logic enables strong within-case inferences.

A major new theoretical and empirical contribution to our understanding of the influence of EU institutions vis-a-vis governments in the major decisions about both widening and deepening the European Union.