Compare and contrast the three foreign policy decision-making ...

[aabwk4]

Compare and contrast the three foreign policy decision-making models. How are they similar? How are they different? What are the consequences of these differences and similarities for policy decisions and outcomes?
 
  Which model do you think is most effective and why?
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Because American legislatures hold the __________, they can stop a war in its tracks.
 
  Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.

[ankilker]

Answer to Question 1

Ideal Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. Describe the rational, organizational, and government bargaining models.
2. Explain how key characteristics of each create differences among the three.
3. Investigate, alternately, the impacts of goals and cost-benefit analysis; standard responses; and the bargaining process.
4. Assess the strengths and deficiencies of the three processes, offering suggestions for which offers the most useful approach to policy.
5. Offer a compelling summary and conclusion.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: purse strings