State-level analysis, a second approach to understanding world politics, emphasizes the national states and their internal processes as the primary determinants of the course of world affairs. As such, this approach focuses on midrange factors that are less general than the macroanalysis of the international system but less individualistic than the microanalytical focus of human-level analysis.
How well do you understand the roles of various actors in making foreign policy such as bureaucracies, legislatures, or interest groups? How do you feel about our government’s foreign policy? Select the activities in this chapter that will answer those questions.
Determine the roles of various subnational actors including political leaders, bureacratic organizations, legislatures, political parties, interest groups, by completing an exercise. |
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Understand various factors affecting foreign policy, including the type of government, domestic factors, gender, and the type of situation and issue by analyzing the relationship of Taiwan to China. |
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Decide how you feel about the foreign policy decisions of the United States, particularly since the attack on 9/11. |
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Understand the various forms of government around the world by examining a table with information about governments, capitals, and primary languages. |
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Examine other examples of state-level analysis by going to some selected Web sites. |