The Advantages of Applying the Advocacy Coalition Framework to the Studies On Ethnic Interest Groups

IF 1.7 2区社会学 Q2 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Foreign Policy Analysis Pub Date : 2022-02-12 DOI:10.1093/fpa/orab038

Carlos Gustavo Poggio Teixeira, João Paulo Nicolini Gabriel

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Abstract

Studies on ethnic interest groups are contributing to better understand the US foreign policy. By reviewing this literature, we noticed that establishing causal claims in this field has proved challenging due to methodological issues. Many authors draw conclusions focusing exclusively on ethnic groups without taking into account the full complexity of political processes. This work consists in the application of the advocacy coalition framework (ACF) to this subject, aiming to overcome previous limitations by analyzing the links between ethnic groups and other agents. To that end, we undertook the case study here reported of the role played by Indian–Americans to advance the 2008 nuclear agreement between the United States and India through Capitol Hill. Employing deductive process tracing based on the ACF's structure, we demonstrate the relevance of the links between Indian–Americans and other groups to better understand how this agreement came to be approved.

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倡导联盟框架在民族利益群体研究中的优势

对种族利益集团的研究有助于更好地理解美国的外交政策。通过回顾这些文献，我们注意到，由于方法论问题，在该领域建立因果关系主张具有挑战性。许多作者得出的结论只关注种族群体，而没有考虑到政治进程的全部复杂性。这项工作包括将倡导联盟框架（ACF）应用于这一主题，旨在通过分析种族群体和其他代理人之间的联系来克服以前的局限性。为此，我们在这里进行了案例研究，报告了印度裔美国人在国会山推动美国和印度2008年核协议方面发挥的作用。采用基于ACF结构的演绎过程追踪，我们展示了印度裔美国人和其他群体之间联系的相关性，以更好地了解该协议是如何获得批准的。

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Foreign Policy Analysis INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS-

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