Party Systems and Foreign Policy Change in Liberal Democracies

How do political parties affect foreign policy? This book answers this question by exploring the role of party politics as source of foreign policy change in liberal democracies.

Autorentext

Angelos Chryssogelos is lecturer (assistant professor) in politics and international relations at the School of Social Sciences, London Metropolitan University and a Jean Monnet Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies of the European University Institute.

Inhalt

Introduction Chapter 1 A New Framework for Understanding Party-Based Foreign Policy Change Chapter 2 West Germany 1969-74: The Social-Liberal Coalition and Ostpolitik Chapter 3 Canada 1984-1993: Revolt of The Peripheries and Free Trade with The US Chapter 4 Greece 1993-2000: Rapprochement with Turkey and Renewal of a Two-Party System Chapter 5 Empirical and Conceptual Implications of the Argument Conclusion