Toward a (More) Critical FPA

IF 1.7 2区社会学 Q2 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Foreign Policy Analysis Pub Date : 2021-10-18 DOI:10.1093/fpa/orab031

Klaus Brummer

引用次数: 1

Abstract

Contrary to other subfields of international relations, foreign policy analysis (FPA) has not experienced a “critical turn” yet. This research note suggests that this may be in part because FPA scholarship does already contain certain “critical” features, such as holding decision-makers to account and the incorporation of various “subordinated” actors in its analyses. Having said that, FPA scholarship tends to fall short on other dimensions of critical scholarship. That is, despite its relatively broad analytical net, it nonetheless silences certain actors, places little attention to the effects of foreign policy decisions, and shows a somewhat limited ethical-political engagement. While an outright critical turn is unlikely to be forthcoming not least for epistemological reasons, FPA would still benefit from a further infusion of critical insights.

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走向（更）关键的FPA

与国际关系的其他分支领域不同，外交政策分析尚未经历“关键性转折”。这份研究报告表明，这可能部分是因为FPA奖学金已经包含了某些“关键”特征，比如让决策者承担责任，并在其分析中纳入各种“从属”行为者。话虽如此，FPA奖学金往往在批判性奖学金的其他方面有所欠缺。也就是说，尽管它的分析网络相对广泛，但它还是让某些行为者噤声，很少关注外交政策决定的影响，并显示出某种程度上有限的伦理政治参与。尽管彻底的批判转向不太可能出现，尤其是出于认识论的原因，但FPA仍将受益于进一步注入的批判性见解。

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Foreign Policy Analysis INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS-

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期刊介绍： Reflecting the diverse, comparative and multidisciplinary nature of the field, Foreign Policy Analysis provides an open forum for research publication that enhances the communication of concepts and ideas across theoretical, methodological, geographical and disciplinary boundaries. By emphasizing accessibility of content for scholars of all perspectives and approaches in the editorial and review process, Foreign Policy Analysis serves as a source for efforts at theoretical and methodological integration and deepening the conceptual debates throughout this rich and complex academic research tradition. Foreign policy analysis, as a field of study, is characterized by its actor-specific focus. The underlying, often implicit argument is that the source of international politics and change in international politics is human beings, acting individually or in groups. In the simplest terms, foreign policy analysis is the study of the process, effects, causes or outputs of foreign policy decision-making in either a comparative or case-specific manner.