Comments on Some Problems in Constructing Descriptive, Policy, and Design Theories of Foreign Policy Behavior

Abstract

Three important purposes--description, policy, and design--of theories of foreign policy are examined. Problems in using existing theories to accomplish these objectives are delineated and suggestions for new modes of theory construction are offered.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 30, 1973
Accession Number
AD0764878

Entities

People

  • Stuart J. Thorson

Organizations

  • Ohio State University

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Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Foreign Policy
  • Formal Languages
  • Governments
  • Language
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Observation
  • Political Science
  • Scientific Theories
  • Scientists
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Weighting Functions

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Theoretical Analysis.