Discourse and Affect in Foreign Policy - Germany and the Iraq War

Foreign and security policy have long been removed from the political pressures that influence other areas of policymaking. This book shows that the making of foreign policy is a much more complex process.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. The logics approach: Discourse, affect and critical explanation 3. Rethinking foreign policy: Including affect, encircling decisions 4. Contradictory common sense: Iraq War and social logics of German foreign policy 5. Constructing crisis: Political logics and the madness of decision 6. Affective disorder and the desire for closure: Fantasy and the fantasmatic logic 7. Conclusion

About the author

Jakub Eberle is a senior researcher at the Institute of International Relations Prague, Czech Republic. His research interests include international relations theory, international political sociology, critical approaches to hybrid warfare, and Czech and German foreign policy. His work has appeared in International Political Sociology, Foreign Policy Analysis and Journal of International Relations and Development . He was awarded the Michael Nicholson Thesis Prize (2017) for the best dissertation in international studies defended at a British university.

Summary

Foreign and security policy have long been removed from the political pressures that influence other areas of policymaking. This book shows that the making of foreign policy is a much more complex process.

Product details

• Authors: Jakub Eberle, Jakub (Charles University Czech Republic) Eberle, Jakub (Institute of International Relation Eberle, Jakub (Institute of International Relations Prague Eberle
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781138596894
• ISBN: 978-1-138-59689-4
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: New International Relations; New International Relations
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Political Ideologies, Germany, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, International Relations, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Iraq, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Political ideologies and movements, Armed Conflict