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Title: Imitation in international relations : observational learning, analogies, and foreign policy in Russia and Ukraine
Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
Date: 2005
Author/Creator: Goldsmith, Benjamin E
Description: Imitation and emulation are two mechanisms of competition in international relations that are theoretically posited but empirically diffuse. Goldsmith provides a trenchant overview of the extant literature and evidence, finding that specification and operationalization problems may explain the disconnect. Providing a distinctive and generalizable approach drawing on concepts from psychology and organizational behavior, this book refines theories of foreign policy to include observational learning to identify when imitation is likely and what behaviors are most imitated. Both statistical and case study methods are used to uncover patterns of analogy usage. Looking at Russia and the Ukraine, Goldsmith increases our understanding of the foreign policies of these two states while also expanding the empirical base of research. By exploring the practical and theoretical significance of learning and imitation, this is an important contribution for foreign policy professionals and scholars.
Description: 1. Introduction -- 2. Choice, Learning, and Foreign Policy -- 3. A Theory of Imitation in Foreign Policy -- 4. Are Elites Influenced by Foreign Analogies? -- 5. State-Level Effects on Elite Imitation -- 6. Case Studies: Foreign Capital and "Strategic" Enterprise Privatization -- 7. Conclusions: Imitation and Transition in International Relations.
Subject Keyword: Imitation
Subject Keyword: International relations
Subject Keyword: Russia (Federation)--Foreign relations--1991
Subject Keyword: Ukraine--Foreign relations--1991
Subject Keyword: Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--1991
Subject Keyword: Ukraine--Politics and government--1991
Resource Type: book
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Politics and International Relations

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/34957
Identifier: ISBN:1403967806
Identifier: mq-rm-2006006176
Language: eng

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