1 / 12

Influential Strategies in United States Foreign Policy: Group Politics and Think Tanks

Explore the dynamics of interest groups, social movements, and think tanks in shaping foreign policy decisions. Learn about lobbying, coalition building, and grassroots mobilization strategies. Discover the historical impact of Cold War and post-Vietnam eras on group politics. Dive into the role of think tanks as influential policy research organizations, despite challenges like lack of public oversight and potential groupthink.

rickycarr
Télécharger la présentation

Influential Strategies in United States Foreign Policy: Group Politics and Think Tanks

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Politics of United States Foreign PolicyChapter 13

  2. Group Politics • Interest groups • Social movements • Think Tanks

  3. Group Life Cycles • Early life • Later life • Survival and success: • Political instability effects • Insider/outsider effects • Issue salience effects

  4. Group Influence • Lobbying • Influencing agendas, public opinion and elections • Consultation • Recruitment • Visibility/activities

  5. Strategies of Group Influence Direct – inside Indirect – outside Coalition building Grassroots mobilization • Access to power • Technocrat

  6. Phases of Group Politics: The Cold War • Patterns • Types of groups: anticommunist • National security and public policy • Veterans and military support • Public and civic groups • Businesses and corporations • Labor unions • Religious groups • Ethnic groups • Results: direct and indirect

  7. The Cold War and Military-Industrial-Scientific Infrastructure • Military establishment • Industry • Congress • Academia

  8. The Cold War and the Foreign Policy Establishment • Shared history • Focus on anticommunism • Commitment to global leadership • Preference for the political center • Work under the radar

  9. 1960s: The Rise of Movements Left Right Neo-conservatism Christian right • Civil Rights • Violent, non-violent • Anti-war

  10. Phases of Group Politics:Post-Vietnam • Collapse of the foreign policy establishment • Proliferation of groups, diversity and activism • Pervasive military-industrial-scientific infrastructure

  11. Post-Cold War Military-Industrial-Scientific Infrastructure • Continuation of roles: military, industry, congress and academia • 70s-80s: challenged • Downsizing • Post-9/11 renewal

  12. Think Tanks • over past 20 years think tanks have become influential actors in foreign policy realm • are research organizations with primary purpose as public policy research and influence policy debate • important because all research done is meant to influence policy, channel views directly and attuned to daily shifts in political interests • what do they do? • think, write and publish • advocate particular policy positions • define issues, set agendas and stake out different policy positions • do a lot of government thinking for them • Problems • private organization with no public oversight • groupthink

More Related